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- Description
- 1 online resource (vii, 244 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations
- Uniform Title
- National identity and global sports events (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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 : traditional and modern? / 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 P. 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 -- Korea and Japan 2002 : public space and popular celebration / Soon-Hee Whang.
- LCCN
- 2004029962
- OCLC
- ssj0000208314
- Title
National identity and global sports events [electronic resource] : culture, politics, and spectacle in the Olympics and the football World Cup / edited by Alan Tomlinson and Christopher Young.
- Imprint
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.
- Series
SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Tomlinson, Alan.
Young, Christopher, 1967-