Abstract
Considering the aggressive and homophobic behavior exhibited by fans of Mexico and the USA in recent years, the US–Mexico soccer rivalry has functioned as an important representational site for establishing masculinist nationalism and heteronormativity. This study analyzes how Juan Villoro and Guadalupe Loaeza have used their chronicles to interpret and dramatize Mexican fan practices—specifically the desmadre and the yelling of puto—carried out during these matches. Noting the genre’s subversive character, these texts not only challenge the Mexican Football Federation’s official support of this fan fervor, but also seek to deconstruct the rivalry’s patriarchal tendencies, specifically those that establish “feminized” losers on the pitch and in the stands.
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Ridge, P.T. (2017). Mexico “on Top:” Queering Masculinity in Contemporary Mexican Soccer Chronicles. In: Kassing, J., Meân, L. (eds) Perspectives on the U.S.-Mexico Soccer Rivalry. Global Culture and Sport Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55831-8_6
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