In Foreign Fields

Thomas F. Carter is Principal Lecturer in Anthropology and Sport at the University of Brighton. He is the author of The Quality of Home Runs: The Passion, Politics and Language of Cuban Baseball (Duke University Press, 2008) and In Foreign Fields (Pluto, 2011).

'This is a remarkable book. Combining vivid prose with shrewd analysis, he follows the lives and labour of both elite and lesser-known players'

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: Sowing Transnational Fields1. Routes and Strategies of Transnational Migration2. Striding Across Fields of Global Sport3. Tensions of Sovereignty and Citizenship4. NEOsport and the Production of Transnational Sport Migrants5. Family Matters: Negotiating the Risks and Costs of Mobility6. Illegal Motion: Undocumented Migration and the Production of IllegalityConcluding Remarks: Experiencing the Politics of Transnational MigrationWorks Cited Media SourcesIndex