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Culture, Migration, and Sport: A Bi-National Investigation of Southern Mexican Migrant Communities in Oaxaca, Mexico and Los Angeles, California

Rios, Bernardo Ramirez
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338140496

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2012, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Anthropology.
My dissertation focuses on the relationship of sport and community building. In Los Angeles, CA and Oaxaca, Mexico the cultural practice of basketball is a productive social tool that is used to enhance community relationships. This research starts with individual identity (micro) and the cultural motivations that relate to communities in Los Angeles and Oaxaca. I begin with an individual perspective to discuss the impact of prime cultural motivations on larger social processes (transnational, migration, globalization, etc). I used traditional anthropological methods (ethnography, participant observation, visual data collection) to examine the sport of Oaxacan basketball in Los Angeles and Oaxaca. Through an iterative process data was collected from 2007-2011 to develop an ethnographic account of Oaxacan basketball in Los Angeles and Oaxaca. Results from the data show that basketball in Oaxaca is a rich cultural tradition that has a significant history that pre-dates the “modern” explosion of sport during the last 25 years. I will discuss ethnographic and visual data to support my conclusion that Oaxacan basketball is a cultural sport with transnational and global outcomes. This research contributes to theoretical models of migration, sport, and identity by focusing on cultural practices.
Jeffrey Cohen (Committee Chair)
Reanne Frank (Committee Member)
Morgan Liu (Committee Member)
Anna Willow (Committee Member)
181 p.
American Studies; Caribbean Studies; Comparative; Cultural Anthropology; Demography; English As A Second Language; Ethnic Studies; Film Studies; Hispanic Americans; Kinesiology; Latin American Studies; Minority and Ethnic Groups; Recreation; Social Research; Sociology
Sports; Community; Oaxaca; California; Identity.

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  • Rios, B. R. (2012). Culture, Migration, and Sport: A Bi-National Investigation of Southern Mexican Migrant Communities in Oaxaca, Mexico and Los Angeles, California [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338140496

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rios, Bernardo. Culture, Migration, and Sport: A Bi-National Investigation of Southern Mexican Migrant Communities in Oaxaca, Mexico and Los Angeles, California. 2012. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338140496.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rios, Bernardo. "Culture, Migration, and Sport: A Bi-National Investigation of Southern Mexican Migrant Communities in Oaxaca, Mexico and Los Angeles, California." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338140496

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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