Understanding the Olympics
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-55835-8 (ISBN)
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Understanding the Olympics answers all of these questions, and more, by exploring the full social, cultural, political, historical and economic context to the Olympic Games. It traces the history of the Olympic movement from its origins in ancient Greece, through its revival in the nineteenth century, to the modern mega-event of today. The book introduces the reader to all of the key themes in contemporary Olympic Studies, including:
Olympic politics
nationalism and internationalism
access and equity
festival and spectacle
urban development
political economy
processes of commercialization
the Olympics and the media
Olympic futures.
Written to engage and inform, the book includes illustrations, information boxes, chronologies, glossaries and `Olympic Stories’ in every chapter. No other book offers such a comprehensive and thoughtful introduction to the Olympic Games and is therefore essential reading for anybody with an interest in the Olympics or the wider relationship between sport and society.
John Horne is Professor of Sport and Sociology at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. Garry Whannel is Professor of Media Cultures at the University of Bedfordshire, UK.
Timeline Introduction Part 1: The Olympic Games and London 1. London, the Olympics and the Road to 2012 2. The IOC and the Bidding Process 3. Television and the commercialisation of the Olympic Games Part 2: From Out of the Past 4. Reviving the Games 5. From World’s Fairs to Mega-events Part 3: The Spectacle of Modernity – Towards a Postmodern World? 6. The Internationalist Spirit and National Contestation 7. The Politics and the Games 8. Festival, Spectacle, Carnival and Consumption 9. Level Playing Fields 10. The Olympic Games and Urban Development: Imagining and Engineering Cities and Sport Spectacles. Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.2011 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 31 Line drawings, black and white; 25 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 624 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-55835-2 / 0415558352 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-55835-8 / 9780415558358 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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