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Football in Mexico: ‘A Paradise for Foreigners’?
Author(s) -
BREWSTER KEITH,
BREWSTER CLAIRE
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.12600
Subject(s) - paradise , football , context (archaeology) , race (biology) , character (mathematics) , state (computer science) , political science , sociology , gender studies , media studies , history , law , art history , archaeology , geometry , mathematics , algorithm , computer science
This article traces the development of Mexican football from its inception to the successful hosting of two World Cup finals. We place our analysis within a post‐revolutionary context that exalted the virtues of self‐discipline that sport could contribute towards the patriotic endeavour of ‘improving the race’. We argue that the character of the post‐revolutionary state, in which a symbiotic relationship between public and private endeavours was encouraged, was reflected in the distinct way in which football developed in Mexico. Furthermore, it also influenced the way in which sporting culture contributed to the Mexican migrant experience in the United States.