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...
Saved in:
| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
|---|---|
| VerfasserIn: | |
| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
|
| Online Access: | |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) :; 10 photographs, 4 figures, 2 t |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- 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