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National identity and global sports events

culture, politics, and spectacle in the Olympics and the football World Cup

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vii, 244 p. : 24 cm

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Table of Contents

Culture, politics and spectacle in the global sports event : an introduction / Alan Tomlinson and Christopher Young
The theory of spectacle : reviewing Olympic ethnography / John J. MacAloon
Italy 1934 : football and fascism / Robert S.C. Gordon and John London
Berlin 1936 : the most controversial Olympics / Allen Guttmann
England 1966, Goal! : the myth of the golden age / Tony Mason
Mexico city 1968 : sombreros and skyscrapers / Keith and Claire Brewster
Munich 1972 : re-presenting the nation / Christopher Young
Argentina 1978 : military nationalism, football essentialism, and moral ambivalence / Eduardo Archetti
Moscow 1980 : Stalinism or good clean fun? / Robert Edelman
Los Angeles 1984 and 1932 : commercialising the American dream / Alan Tomlinson
Barcelona 1992 : evaluating the Olympic legacy / Miquel de Moragas and Christopher Kennett
Sydney 2000 : sociality and spaciality in global media events / Deborah Stevenson and David Rowe
Japan/Korea 2002 : public space and popular celebration.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Albany
Series
SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations
Genre
Cross-cultural studies.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.4/83
Library of Congress
GV706.34 .N38 2005, GV706.34 .N38 2006, GV706.34.N38 2005

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
244

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Open Library
OL3300702M
Internet Archive
nationalidentity0000unse_j1x4
ISBN 10
0791466159
LCCN
2004029962
OCLC/WorldCat
57349033
Goodreads
2286592

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