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National identity and global sports events: culture, politics, and spectacle in the Olympics and the football World Cup

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State University of New York Press

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c2006

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English

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Culture, politics, and spectacle in the global sports event : an introduction / Alan Tomlinson and Christopher Young

The theory of spectacle : reviewing Olympic ethnography / John J. MacAloon

Italy 1934 : football and fascism / Robert S.C. Gordon and John London

Berlin 1936 : the most controversial Olympics / Allen Guttmann

England 1966 : traditional and modern? / Tony Mason

Mexico city 1968 : sombreros and skyscrapers / Keith and Claire Brewster

Munich 1972 : re-presenting the nation / Christopher Young

Argentina 1978 : military nationalism, football essentialism, and moral ambivalence / Eduardo P. Archetti

Moscow 1980 : Stalinism or good, clean fun? / Robert Edelman

Los Angeles 1984 and 1932 : commercialising the American dream / Alan Tomlinson

Barcelona 1992 : evaluating the Olympic legacy / Miquel de Moragas and Christopher Kennett

Sydney 2000 : sociality and spaciality in global media events / Deborah Stevenson and David Rowe

Korea and Japan 2002 : public space and popular celebration / Soon-Hee Whang.

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Subjects

Aspect sociologique
Cross-cultural studies
Electronic books
Histoire
History
Nationalism and sports
Nationalism and sports -- History
Nationalisme et sports
Nationalisme et sports -- Histoire
Sociological aspects
Sociology of Sports
Sports
SPORTS & RECREATION
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Sociology of Sports
Sports -- Aspect sociologique -- Études transculturelles
Sports -- Sociological aspects
Sports -- Sociological aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
Sports and globalization
Sports and globalization -- History
Sports et mondialisation
Sports et mondialisation -- Histoire

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Tomlinson, Alan
Young, Christopher,1967-

ISBN

9780791466155
9780791482483
9781423748571

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