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Latin American athletes have achieved iconic status in global popular culture, but what do we know about the communities of women in sport? Futbolera is the first monograph on women’s sports in Latin America. Because sports evoke such passion, they are fertile ground for understanding the formation of social classes, national and racial identities, sexuality, and gender roles. Futbolera tells the stories of women athletes and fans as they navigated the pressures and possibilities within organized sports.

Futbolera charts the rise of physical education programs for girls, often driven by ideas of eugenics and proper motherhood, that laid the groundwork for women’s sports clubs, which began to thrive beyond the confines of school systems. Futbolera examines how women challenged both their exclusion from national pastimes and their lack of access to leisure, bodily integrity, and public space. This vibrant history also examines women’s sports through comparative case studies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, and others. Special attention is given to women’s sports during military dictatorships of the 1970s and 1980s as well as the feminist and democratic movements that followed. The book culminates by exploring recent shifts in mindset toward women’s football and dynamic social movements of players across Latin America.

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Brenda Elsey is associate professor of history at Hofstra University and the author of Citizens and Sportsmen: Fútbol and Politics in Twentieth Century Chile. In addition to numerous scholarly articles on politics and popular culture in Latin America, her writing has appeared in the Guardian, the New Republic, and Sports Illustrated. She is co-host of the weekly feminism and sports podcast, Burn It All Down.
Joshua Nadel is associate professor of Latin American and Caribbean history at North Carolina Central University. He is the author of Fútbol!: Why Soccer Matters in Latin America as well as numerous scholarly book chapters. He has published essays in Foreign Policy, the Washington Post's newsletter Monkey Cage, Zócalo Public Square, and the Telegraph (London).

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"This beautifully written, meticulously researched, and incredibly thoughtful work is not a mere overview of women and sport in Latin America. Rather, it is about struggles for women’s equity, in sport, to be sure, but also across the board, providing a missing piece of the social history of women writ large. Not just a conversation starter—this book perhaps gives us the foundation for a whole new field of study." (Amy Bass, The College of New Rochelle)

"A transformative contribution to the history of soccer, and sport more broadly, in Latin America and beyond. Futbolera sparkles with fascinating and untold stories while seamlessly bringing together rich strands of social, cultural, and discursive analysis. A must read." (Laurent Dubois, Duke University, author of The Language of the Game: How to Understand Soccer)

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  • PublisherUniversity of Texas Press
  • Publication date2019
  • ISBN 10 1477310428
  • ISBN 13 9781477310427
  • BindingHardcover
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages368
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