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Latin American Sports for K-12 Teachers: Home

This guide gathers some material that can be useful for k-12 teachers interested in using sport to teach the languages and cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Basic Readings

The UIUC Library has a rich collection of books on Latin American sport.  To obtain books follow the directions on the guide for using the library.

A list of key texts:

Arbena, Joseph L. and David G. LaFrance, Editors. Sport in Latin America and the Caribbean. Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources Inc., 2002. (796.098 Sp672)

Arbena, Joseph, "Meaning and Joy in Latin American Sports." International Review for the Sociology of Sport 35 (1): 2000, 83-91.

Wood, David, “Sport and Latin American Studies.” Bulletin of Spanish American Studies LXXXIV ( 4-5): 2007, 629-643.

Wood, David and P. Louise Johnson, Editors. Sporting Cultures: Hispanic Perspectives on Sport, Text, and the Body. New York: Routledge, 2008. (796 Sp6751)

eResources on Sports

  • LANIC Recreation in Latin America - Electronic resources on or about sport and recreation in different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Zona Latina - On the top left of the screen you will find the section "Directories." There you will find numerous sources with sport content such as Newspapers, Radio, and Broadcast Television. Once in the nex webpage you may search by country, then by specific institution.
  • YouTube - (Search for sport related videos from particular countries and/or particular sports/events)
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - Free access to academic articles. Use keywords on specific countries + sport (i.e. Brazil Sport)