Beisbol on the Air (häftad)
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E-bok
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EPUB med LCP-kryptering (0.0 MB)
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Kan laddas ned under 24 månader, dock max 6 gånger.
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
217
Utgivningsdatum
2023-12-01
Förlag
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
ISBN
9781476649375

Beisbol on the Air E-bok

Essays on Major League Spanish-Language Broadcasters

E-bok (LCP),  Engelska, 2023-12-01
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Both the U.S. population and Major League Baseball rosters have seen dramatic demographic changes over the past 50 years. The nation and the sport are becoming multilingual, with Spanish the unofficial second language. Today, 21 of 30 MLB teams broadcast at least some games in Spanish. Filling a gap in the literature of baseball, this collection of new essays examines the history of the game in Spanish, from the earliest locutores who called the plays for Latin American audiences to the League's expansion into cities with large Latino populations--Los Angeles, Houston and Miami to name a few--that made talented sportscasters for the fanaticos a business necessity.

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