Antonio Sotomayor
Biographic Data
| ID | 1357282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Antonio Sotomayor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Antonio |
| FAMILY NAME | Sotomayor |
| SIGNATURE | SOTOMAYOR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6795-8772 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Recordando a Nelly Sfeir González (Cochabamba, 1930 - Illinois, 2020)
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Olimpismo
Futbolera
Book Review| October 01 2020 Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America Elsey, Brenda, and Joshua Nadel. Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2019. Jose R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture. Pp. 368. Index and twenty-nine illustrations. $27.95, hb. Antonio Sotomayor Antonio Sotomayor University of Illinois Search for other works by thi…
(Documento) Cartas para la historia
Los juegos del dictador
Este artículo analiza los Juegos Interantillanos realizados en Ciudad Trujillo (Santo Domingo) en 1944. Dicha competencia fue parte de las celebraciones oficiales del centenario de la República Dominicana y participaron los tres países hispano-Caribeños: Cuba, Puerto Rico y la República Dominicana. Entre los objetivos de los Juegos se contaba fomentar la fraternidad en el Caribe hispano. Sin embargo, el mensaje de paz y hermandad que el discurso …
Playing with the Big Boys
Caribbean Soccer
When the United States took possession of Puerto Rico in 1898, an aggressive Americanization project introduced cultural practices, including American sports. However, although Puerto Ricans incorporated U.S. sports to their sporting profile, they did so adhering to a larger Hispanic-American ideology. Although soccer, or fútbol, was played in Puerto Rico during the first decades of the United States occupation, it was associated with Spain and H…
The Triangle of Empire
In 1891, Luther H. Gulik, a prominent member of the international leadership of the YMCA of the United States, established the triangle as the YMCA symbol. He saw the triangle as a symbol imbued with Christian beliefs that would become the spearhead of a worldwide missionary movement. About the Triangle, Gulik wrote: The triangle stands . . . for the symmetrical man, each part developed with reference to the whole, and not merely with reference t…
The Sovereign Colony
Colonial Olympism
This paper examines how two Caribbean islands, Puerto Rico and Jamaica, developed ideas of national identity while negotiating political emancipation within two distinct, yet allied Anglophone empires. We can see this process through the Olympic movement and referred to here as "colonial Olympism." Both Puerto Rico and Jamaica participated as colonies of the United States and Great Britain at international sporting events from 1930 to the 1950s. …
Sports Culture in Latin American History
Book Review| April 01 2016 Sports Culture in Latin American History Sheinin, David, ed. Sports Culture in Latin American History. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015. Antonio Sotomayor Antonio Sotomayor University of Illinois Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2016) 43 (1): 139–140. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.43.1.139 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Lin…
Operation Sport”
Contextualized in a Western push for post-war decolonization and modernization, the development of recreation programs in 1950s Puerto Rico helped consolidate the state’s sport institution and, in turn, legitimize a new political status. The 1950s was a pivotal decade in Puerto Rican history due to the creation of the Commonwealth in 1952 and the innovative economic project known as Operation Bootstrap. The term “Operation Sport” portrays the dev…
Recordando a Nelly Sfeir González (Cochabamba, 1930 - Illinois, 2020)
.
The Triangle of Empire
In 1891, Luther H. Gulik, a prominent member of the international leadership of the YMCA of the United States, established the triangle as the YMCA symbol. He saw the triangle as a symbol imbued with Christian beliefs that would become the spearhead of a worldwide missionary movement. About the Triangle, Gulik wrote: The triangle stands . . . for the symmetrical man, each part developed with reference to the whole, and not merely with reference t…
Operation Sport”
Contextualized in a Western push for post-war decolonization and modernization, the development of recreation programs in 1950s Puerto Rico helped consolidate the state’s sport institution and, in turn, legitimize a new political status. The 1950s was a pivotal decade in Puerto Rican history due to the creation of the Commonwealth in 1952 and the innovative economic project known as Operation Bootstrap. The term “Operation Sport” portrays the dev…
The Sovereign Colony
Colonial Olympism
This paper examines how two Caribbean islands, Puerto Rico and Jamaica, developed ideas of national identity while negotiating political emancipation within two distinct, yet allied Anglophone empires. We can see this process through the Olympic movement and referred to here as "colonial Olympism." Both Puerto Rico and Jamaica participated as colonies of the United States and Great Britain at international sporting events from 1930 to the 1950s. …
Sports Culture in Latin American History
Book Review| April 01 2016 Sports Culture in Latin American History Sheinin, David, ed. Sports Culture in Latin American History. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015. Antonio Sotomayor Antonio Sotomayor University of Illinois Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2016) 43 (1): 139–140. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.43.1.139 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Lin…
Playing with the Big Boys
Caribbean Soccer
When the United States took possession of Puerto Rico in 1898, an aggressive Americanization project introduced cultural practices, including American sports. However, although Puerto Ricans incorporated U.S. sports to their sporting profile, they did so adhering to a larger Hispanic-American ideology. Although soccer, or fútbol, was played in Puerto Rico during the first decades of the United States occupation, it was associated with Spain and H…
The Triangle of Empire
In 1891, Luther H. Gulik, a prominent member of the international leadership of the YMCA of the United States, established the triangle as the YMCA symbol. He saw the triangle as a symbol imbued with Christian beliefs that would become the spearhead of a worldwide missionary movement. About the Triangle, Gulik wrote: The triangle stands . . . for the symmetrical man, each part developed with reference to the whole, and not merely with reference t…
(Documento) Cartas para la historia
Los juegos del dictador
Este artículo analiza los Juegos Interantillanos realizados en Ciudad Trujillo (Santo Domingo) en 1944. Dicha competencia fue parte de las celebraciones oficiales del centenario de la República Dominicana y participaron los tres países hispano-Caribeños: Cuba, Puerto Rico y la República Dominicana. Entre los objetivos de los Juegos se contaba fomentar la fraternidad en el Caribe hispano. Sin embargo, el mensaje de paz y hermandad que el discurso …
Olimpismo
Futbolera
Book Review| October 01 2020 Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America Elsey, Brenda, and Joshua Nadel. Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2019. Jose R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture. Pp. 368. Index and twenty-nine illustrations. $27.95, hb. Antonio Sotomayor Antonio Sotomayor University of Illinois Search for other works by thi…
Recordando a Nelly Sfeir González (Cochabamba, 1930 - Illinois, 2020)
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Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (8 works) · Art (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (6 works) · History (5 works) · Latin Americans (5 works) · History (4 works)