| National Identity and Global Sports Events: Culture, Politics, and Spectacle in the Olympics and the Football World Cup Contributor(s): Tomlinson, Alan (Editor), Young, Christopher (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0791466159 ISBN-13: 9780791466155 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports - Sports & Recreation | Olympics & Paralympics |
| Dewey: 306.483 |
| LCCN: 2004029962 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.26" W x 9.08" (0.98 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: National Identity and Global Sports Events looks at the significance of international sporting events and why they generate enormous audiences worldwide. Focusing on the Olympic Games and the men's football (soccer) World Cup, the contributors examine the political, cultural, economic, and ideological influences that frame these events. Selected case studies include the 1936 Nazi Olympics in Berlin, the 1934 World Cup Finals in Italy, the unique case of the 1972 Munich Games, the transformative 1984 Games in Los Angeles, and the 2002 Asian World Cup Finals, among others. The case studies show how the Olympics and the World Cup Finals provide a basis for the articulation of entrenched and dominant political ideologies, encourage persisting senses of national identity, and act as barometers for the changing ideological climate of the modern and increasingly globalized contemporary world. Through rigorous scholarly analyses, the book's contributors help to illuminate the increasing significance of large-scale sporting events on the international stage. |
