Sugarball: The American Game, the Dominican Dream
By Unknown Author.
Description
To the average Dominican, baseball is a major source of cultural pride When you’re born, the hospital puts a pink ribbon in your crib if you’re a girl, and a baseball glove if you’re a boy.’”from the Introduction. In the Dominican Republic baseball is not only a game but a national obsession. Exported from the United States and still controlled by it, the game is also a crucial arena of intercultural relations. Sugarball describes how Dominican baseball fosters national pride and competition with the United States while at the same time promoting accept...
ISBN(s)
0300052561, 9780300052565
