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Constructing Athletic Agents in the Chicano/a Culture of Los Angeles

This essay examines the constructions of athletic agency in the Chicano/a murals of Los Angeles, noting that early Chicano civil rights muralists deem athletic militancy central to their revolution and ethnic paradigm. While a few examples of Chicano murals linking sport and ethnic identity exist, early Chicana muralists more typically cite gender and multicultural inclusiveness in their painted sporting activism – a tactic that influences later Chicano muralists. Finally, this study reflects on the relationship between constructed and experienced sporting reality for Chicanas, focusing on the context of football.