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Olympic ceremonialism and the performance of national character : from London 2012 to Rio 2016 / Rodanthi Tzanelli, University of Leeds, UK.

Title
Olympic ceremonialism and the performance of national character : from London 2012 to Rio 2016 / Rodanthi Tzanelli, University of Leeds, UK.
Author
Tzanelli, Rodanthi, 1974-
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, a division of St Martin's Press LLC, 2013.

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Description
165 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
This book examines the London 2012 opening and closing ceremonies and the handover to Rio 2016 as articulations of national and cosmopolitan belonging. The ceremonial performances supported imaginative travel and created a tornadoros: an ideal form of 'human' that manipulates audiovisual narratives of culture and identity for global audiences.
Subject
  • Olympic Games 2012 : London, England) > History
  • Olympic Games 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) > History
  • National characteristics, British
  • Rites and ceremonies > London
  • National characteristics, Brazilian
  • Rites and ceremonies > Rio de Janeiro
  • London (England) > Social life and customs
  • Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) > Social life and customs
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Olympic industry : slow and fast mobilities -- The opening ceremony : structural nostalgia and pop pastiche -- The concluding show : music and the self-creating style -- Struggling with the other : embodied styles as tourist articulation.
ISBN
  • 9781137336316
  • 1137336315
LCCN
^^2013017063
OCLC
  • 843025813
  • SCSB-11771277
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library