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The Olympics
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- Title
- The Olympics
- ISBN
- 9780415445368
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Olympics : a Critical Reader
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Item Width
- 6.9in
- Item Weight
- 29.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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The Olympics: A Critical Reader provides a unique, critical reference source and systematically sets out the key themes in modern Olympism, offering a structured approach to the subject for students and lecturers.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0415445361
ISBN-13
9780415445368
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108996944
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Olympics : a Critical Reader
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.9in
Item Weight
29.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv721
Table of Content
Introduction Part One: Studying Olympism 1. Studying Olympism, Vassil Girginov Part Two: Documenting Olympism 2. Post-olympism? Questioning Olympic historiography, Douglas Booth 3. From Olympia 776 BC to Athens 2004: The Origins and Authenticity of the Modern Olympic Games, David Young 4. Olympic Games and Historical Imagination, Mark Dyreson Part Three: Theorising Olympism 5. A Never-ending story: The Philosophical controversy over Olympism, Lamartin da Costa 6. Olympic Games and the Theory of Spectacle in Modern Societies, John MacAloon 7. The Olympics and 'Global Citizenship', Maurice Roche Part Four: Negotiating Olympic identities 8. Hellenism and Olympism: Pierre de Coubertin and the Greek Challenges to the Early Olympic Movement, Dikaia Chatziefstathiou and Ian Henry 9. Staging the Nation: Gendered and Ethnicized Discourses of National Identity in Olympic Opening Ceremonies, Jackie Hogan Part Five: Imagining Olympism 10. Meet the "framers": the Olympic producers, Andrew Billings 11. Olympic Museum, Daryl Adair 12. Paralympic "lived history": reflections of a participant-observer, David Howe Part Six: Owning Olympism 13. A brief overview of the Olympic system, Jean-Loup Chappelet and Brenda Kübler-Mabbott 14. Who Owns the Olympics? Political Economy and Critical Moments in the Modern Games, Michael Real 15. On Seizing the Olympic Platform, Monroe Price Part Seven: Staging the Olympics 16. Financing of the Games: interests, winners and losers, Holger Preus 17. Olympic Cities: Regeneration, City Rebranding and Changing Urban Agendas, John Gold, J. and Margaret Gold Part Eight: Promoting Olympism 18. 'Celebrate Humanity' or 'consumerism': A critical evaluation of a brand in motion, Joseph Maguire, Sarah Barnard, Katie Butler and Peter Golding 19. Symbolism and the effectiveness of Olympic mascots Ina Freeman, Peter Knight and Norman O'Reilly Part Nine: Safeguarding Olympism 20. Why Olympic Athletes Should Avoid the Use and Seek the Elimination of Performance-Enhancing Substances and Practices From the Olympic Games, Angela Schneider and Robert Butcher 21. Mega Events, Fear and Risk: Terrorism at the Olympic Games, Kristine Toohey and Tracy Taylor 22. Faster, Higher, Stronger: The protection of Olympic marks leading up to Vancouver 2010, Teresa Scassa Part Ten: Contesting Olympism 23. Does One-World Olympic Ideology Lead to Multiculturalism?, Vassil Girginov 24. Olympic Impacts on Bid and Host Cities, Helen Lenskyi Part Eleven: Teaching Olympism 25. "Olympism" revisited as Context for Global Education: Implications for Physical Education, Deanna Binder 26. Didactic Approaches to Teaching Olympic Education, Roland Naul Part Twelve: Sustaining Olympism 27. The Making of the IOC environmental Policy as the third dimension of the Olympic Movement, Hart Cantelon and Michael Letters 28. A Sustainable Sports Legacy: Creating a Link between the London Olympics and Sports Participation,Vassil Girginov and Laura Hills
Copyright Date
2010
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism, General, Olympics & Paralympics
Lccn
2009-034677
Dewey Decimal
796.48
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Business & Economics, Sports & Recreation
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