Owning the Olympics : Narratives of the New China
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| Superior document: | New Media World |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New Media World
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (424 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; I. Defining Beijing 2008: Whose World, What Dream?; "One World, Different Dreams": The Contest to Dfine the Beijing Olympics; Olympic Values, Beijing's Olympic Games, and the Universal Market; On Seizing the Olympic Platform; II. Precedents and Perspectives; The Public Diplomacy of the Modern Olympic Games and China's Soft Power Strategy; "A Very Natural Choice": The Construction of Beijing as an Olympic City during the Bid Period; Dreams and Nightmares: History and U.S. Visions of the Beijing Games; The Fragility of Asian National Identity in the Olympic Games
- Toward the Future: The New Olympic InternationalismBeyond Media Events: Disenchantment, Derailment, Disruption; Author Biographies; Index