Racism and the Olympics

Robert G. Weisbord (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

228 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4128-5668-3 (ISBN)

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Sports are the opiate of the people, particularly in the United States, Europe, and parts of South America. Globally, billions of fans feverishly focus on the summer and winter Olympics. In theory, international fraternalism is boosted by these "friendly competitions," but often national rivalries eclipse the theoretical amity. How the Olympics have dealt with racism over the years offers a window to better understanding these dynamics. Since their revival in 1896, the modern Olympics were periodically agitated by political and moral conundrums. Racial tensions, the topic of this volume, reached their apex under the polarizing presidency of Avery Brundage. Race in sports cannot be disentangled from societal problems, nor can race or sports be fully understood separately. Racial conflict must be contextualized. Racism and the Olympics explores the racial landscape against which a number of major disputes evolved. The book covers various topics and events in history that portray discrimination within Olympic games, such as the Nazi games of 1936, the black American protest on the victory stand in Mexico City's Olympics, as well as international political forces that removed South Africa and Rhodesia from the Olympics. Robert G. Weisbord considers the role of international politics and the criteria that should be used to determine nations that are selected to take part in and serve as venues for the Olympic Games.

Robert G. Weisbord is professor emeritus of history at the University of Rhode Island, USA. He is the author of many books and articles on black Americans, African history, and Jewish history.

1: A Case of Amnesia: Racism and the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics; 2: Jews, Blacks, and the 1936 Nazi Olympics; 3: The 1940 Winter Olympics: The Games That Never Happened—Politics, Morality, and Sports; 4: Racism and the Olympics: Black Protest at the 1968 Mexico City Games; 5: Apartheid and the Expulsion of South Africa from the Olympics; 6: UDI and the Expulsion of Rhodesia from the Olympic Movement; 7: Aftermath: Outlaw Nations as Olympic Hosts—Gays and Others as Targets of Discrimination

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.8.2015
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-4128-5668-X / 141285668X
ISBN-13	978-1-4128-5668-3 / 9781412856683
Zustand	Neuware