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Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Athletes in Latin America

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Editors:
  1. Joaquín Piedra

    1. Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

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  2. Eric Anderson

    1. University of Winchester, Winchester, UK

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  • Fills a gap in the literature on sport and masculinity through its focus on Latin America
  • Contains contributions from scholars in Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, and Uruguay
  • Covers a wide breadth and depth of content across various areas

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Masculinity, Sport and Exercise (PSMSE)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Shifting Research Accounts on Sexual and Gender Minority Athletes

    • Eric Anderson, Joaquín Piedra
    Pages 1-22

  3. Historical and Sociological Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. LGBT Sport Clubs: Origin and Historical Changes in Spain and Latin America

      • Joan Miró, Joaquín Piedra
      Pages 25-39

    3. Coming Out of the Closet: A Description of LGBT Research on Sports in Brazil

      • Vinnicius Laurindo, Mariana Zuaneti Martins
      Pages 41-55

    4. Homohysteria, Cultural Change and ‘pseudo-inclusivity’: An Analysis of Attitudes Towards Sexual Diversity in Sport Within Spain and Mexico

      • Joaquín Piedra, Rafael García-Pérez, Alex Channon
      Pages 57-72

  4. Sexual Orientation and Sports

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Conceptualising Sexuality Through the Mexican Martial Art of Xilam

      • George Jennings
      Pages 75-97

    3. Discrimination, Feeling of Discomfort, and Prejudice in Mexican Sport, According to Sex and Sexual Orientation

      • Oswaldo Ceballos-Gurrola, Jeanette Magnolia López-Walle, Rosa Elena Medina-Rodríguez, José Leandro Tristán-Rodríguez, Luis Tomás Ródenas-Cuenca
      Pages 99-114

    4. More Than a Man: Richarlyson, Ambiguous and Non-orthodox Masculinities in South American Football

      • Jorge Knijnik
      Pages 115-131

    5. Policy and Practice of LGBT Persons’ Sport Participation in Colombia

      • Angélica María Sáenz-Macana, Javier Gil-Quintana, Sofía Pereira-García, José Devís-Devís
      Pages 133-148

  5. Transgender Issues and Sports

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Trans Masculinities on the Sport Courts of Brazil, “The Country of Football”

      • Julian Pegoraro Silvestrin, Alexandre Fernández-Vaz
      Pages 151-163

    3. Educational Trajectories and Participation of Transgender Women in Sports in Argentina

      • Magalí Pérez-Riedel, Pablo Ariel Scharagrodsky
      Pages 165-177

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 179-180
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About this book

This edited volume draws upon work from a wide range of established and emerging international scholars to provide an interdisciplinary analysis of sport’s complex relationship with masculinity. With a particular focus on Latin America, it examines the changing relationship between a range of contemporary sport and sexuality and gender expression, as related to lesbian, gay and/or trans athletes. Experts from Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia provide historical, sociological and anthropological perspectives on heteronormativity, masculinity, gender identity, sexual orientation, and the gender binary as they relate to sports clubs, Mexican martial arts, football, softball, sports media, games, and physical education. It will be invaluable to scholars and students in the fields of Gender Studies, Queer Studies, Sports Studies, and Men’s Studies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

    Joaquín Piedra

  • University of Winchester, Winchester, UK

    Eric Anderson

About the editors

Joaquín Piedra is Senior Lecturer at Universidad de Sevilla, Spain. Head of the Research Group Critical Approach on Sport (HUM-1059). As a specialist in the analysis of sport from the gender perspective, is author or editor of three books about masculinities, gender and co-education in sport and Physical Education.

Eric Anderson is Professor of Sport, Masculinities and Sexualities at the University of Winchester, UK.  He was America’s first openly gay high school coach in 1993 and is considered an expert on the experiences of gay men in sport, and has published several books including 21st Century Jocks, Discovering Sociology, and The Palgrave Handbook on Sport and Masculinity. His research is regularly featured in international television, print and digital media.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Athletes in Latin America

  • Editors: Joaquín Piedra, Eric Anderson

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Masculinity, Sport and Exercise

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87375-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87374-5Published: 12 December 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87377-6Published: 13 December 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87375-2Published: 11 December 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2662-740X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-7418

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 180

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Queer Studies, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sport Science , Latin American Culture, Gender Studies

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