Peloteros in Paradise
Mexican American Baseball and Oppositional Politics in Southern California, 1930-1950
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3293238 |
|---|---|
| Authors | José M Alamillo (Ministry of Culture, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 191 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Western Historical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-3810 • E-ISSN: 1939-8603 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/25047256 |
| OpenAlex | W2565930038 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Throughout Southern California, Mexican Americans participated in baseball clubs, encouraged by employers and social reformers intent on controlling the immigrant population. Mexican American ballplayers, however, used baseball clubs for cultural pride, masculine expression, and political opposition against company authority that also reinforced unequal gender relations on and off the playing field
Immigration · Opposition (politics) · Paradise · Political science · Politics · Population · Pride · Sociology · American Sports and Literature · Demography · Gender Studies · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2019 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |