Abstract
Drawing on recent scholarship, this overview discusses the adoption of modern sports in several Latin American settings and their evolving cultural meaning. Examples include soccer in Argentina, baseball in Cuba, baseball along the United States-Mexican border and cricket in the West Indies. Discussion focuses upon the reasons why particular sports are adopted within a culture and assume import to a people within a specific geographical area. Ineffable aspects of these pastimes, such as the aesthetics and the emotion of sport, are acknowledged, in the light of a recognition of the continuing distinction between the intrinsic and the extrinsic qualities of sports.
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