Olympic industry resistance : challenging Olympic power and propaganda /

"Scholar and activist Helen Jefferson Lenskyj continues her critique of the Olympic industry, looking specifically at developments in the post-9/11 and postbribery scandal era. Examining events and activism in host cities, as well as in several locations that bid unsuccessfully on the Olympics,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lenskyj, Helen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2008.
Colección:SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations.
Temas:
Olympics > Moral and ethical aspects.
Olympics > Social aspects.
Mass media and sports.
Jeux olympiques > Aspect moral.
Jeux olympiques > Aspect social.
Médias et sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Olympics.
Mass media and sports
Olympics > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction and background
  • Olympic impacts and community resistance
  • Rights and freedoms under threat
  • Olympic impacts on bid and host cities
  • Canadian Olympic wins and losses
  • Olympic education
  • Education through (Olympic) sport : making connections
  • Olympic Education Inc. : colonizing children's minds?
  • More fallen heroes? The nude calendar phenomenon
  • Social responsibility : a fourth pillar of the "Olympic movement"?

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