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By Jeffrey W. Kassing,Lindsey J. Meân

ISBN-10: 3319558307

ISBN-13: 9783319558301

This edited quantity considers the U.S.-Mexico football contention, which happens opposed to a posh geo-political, social, and financial backdrop. Multidisciplinary contributions discover how an extended and complex heritage among those international locations has produced a distinct rivalry—one within which loyalties break up family and friends; fan turnout in lots of areas of the U.S. favors Mexico; and video games are imbued with either nationwide satisfaction and politics. the subjects of nationhood, geography, citizenship, acculturation, identification, globalization, narrative and mythology reverberate all through this ebook, in particular with reference to how they form position, id, and culture.

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