Activism and the Olympics : : Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London / / Jules Boykoff.
The Olympics have developed into the world's premier sporting event. They are simultaneously a competitive exhibition and a grand display of cooperation that bring together global cultures on ski slopes, shooting ranges, swimming pools, and track ovals. Given their scale in the modern era, the...
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Boykoff, Jules, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Activism and the Olympics : Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London / Jules Boykoff. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (208 p.) : 10 photographs, 4 figures, 2 t text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Critical Issues in Sport and Society Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Olympics and Me -- 1. Understanding the Olympic Games -- 2. Space Matters: The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics -- 3. London Calling: Activism and the 2012 Summer Olympics -- 4. Media and the Olympics -- 5. Looking Ahead through the Rearview Mirror -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The Olympics have developed into the world's premier sporting event. They are simultaneously a competitive exhibition and a grand display of cooperation that bring together global cultures on ski slopes, shooting ranges, swimming pools, and track ovals. Given their scale in the modern era, the Games are a useful window for better comprehending larger cultural, social, and historical processes, argues Jules Boykoff, an academic social scientist and a former Olympic athlete. In Activism and the Olympics, Boykoff provides a critical overview of the Olympic industry and its political opponents in the modern era. After presenting a brief history of Olympic activism, he turns his attention to on-the-ground activism through the lens of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Here we see how anti-Olympic activists deploy a range of approaches to challenge the Olympic machine, from direct action and the seizure of public space to humor-based and online tactics. Drawing on primary evidence from myriad personal interviews with activists, journalists, civil libertarians, and Olympics organizers, Boykoff angles in on the Games from numerous vantages and viewpoints. Although modern Olympic authorities have strived-even through the Cold War era-to appear apolitical, Boykoff notes, the Games have always been the site of hotly contested political actions and competing interests. During the last thirty years, as the Olympics became an economic juggernaut, they also generated numerous reactions from groups that have sought to challenge the event's triumphalism and pageantry. The 21st century has seen an increased level of activism across the world, from the Occupy Movement in the United States to the Arab Spring in the Middle East. What does this spike in dissent mean for Olympic activists as they prepare for future Games? Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Dissenters. Olympics Political aspects. Olympics Social aspects. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh IOC. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110666151 print 9780813562025 https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813562032 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813562032 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780813562032.jpg |
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