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Antonio Sotomayor deposited The Cold War Games of a Colonial Latin American Nation: San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1966. on Humanities Commons 8 years, 5 months ago
This chapter discusses the political events surrounding the Central American and Caribbean Games of 1966 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It demonstrates how the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico became dangerously entangled within Cold War tensions by denying invitation to, and visas for, the Cuban delegation to the Games. Citing security concerns over tens…[Read more]
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Antonio Sotomayor deposited Colonial Olympism: Puerto Rico and Jamaica’s Olympic Movement in Pan‐American Sport, 1930 to the 1950s on Humanities Commons 8 years, 5 months ago
This paper examines how two Caribbean islands, Puerto Rico and Jamaica, developed ideas of national identity while negotiating political emancipation within two distinct, yet allied Anglophone empires. We can see this process through the Olympic movement and referred to here as “colonial Olympism.” Both Puerto Rico and Jamaica participated as col…[Read more]
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Antonio Sotomayor deposited “Operation Sport”: Puerto Rico’s Recreational and Political Consolidation in an Age of Modernization and Decolonization, 1950s on Humanities Commons 8 years, 5 months ago
Contextualized in a Western push for post-war decolonization and modernization, the development of recreation programs in 1950s Puerto Rico helped consolidate the state’s sport institution and, in turn, legitimize a new political status. The 1950s was a pivotal decade in Puerto Rican history due to the creation of the Commonwealth in 1952 and t…[Read more]
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Antonio Sotomayor deposited Un parque para cada pueblo: Julio Enrique Monagas and the Politics of Sport and Recreation in Puerto Rico during the 1940s. on Humanities Commons 8 years, 5 months ago
During the 1940s, Puerto Rico enjoyed the benefits of a U.S. sponsored economic boom as a result of the Second World War. Taking advantage of this influx of capital, the Puerto Rican government’s sport and recreation commission, led by Julio Enrique Monagas, sought out an island-wide plan to build sport and recreational facilities under a social j…[Read more]
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Claudia Cornejo Happel started the topic CFP: 2015 SoTL Commons Conference in Savannah in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months ago<h1 style=”text-align: center;”>SoTL Commons Conference
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The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months ago<h1 style=”text-align: center;”>SoTL Commons Conference
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The Teaching of Language on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months ago
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Claudia Cornejo Happel started the topic CFP: 2015 SoTL Commons Conference in Savannah in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months ago
Do you speak SoTL? Chances are you do. Come join the conversation at the SoTL Commons.
Leverage your knowledge, skills and passion for teaching and learning as a presenter at the SoTL Commons.
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Claudia Cornejo Happel started the topic CFP: 2015 SoTL Commons Conference in Savannah in the forum
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 3 months ago
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Leverage your knowledge, skills and passion for teaching and learning as a presenter at the SoTL Commons.
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Prospective Forum: TC History and Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoI support the History and Literature Forum.
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Prospective Forum: CLCS Atlantic on MLA Commons 11 years, 8 months agoI support the Atlantic Forum.
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