Activism and the Olympics: Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London Tapa blanda - 2014

Paperback / softback. New. 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 Games are a useful window for better comprehending larger cultural, social and historical processes, argues Jules Boykoff, an academic social scientist and a former Olympic athlete. In Activism and the Olympics, Boykoff provides a critical overview of the Olympic industry and its political opponents in the modern era. After presenting a brief history of Olympic activism, he turns his attention to on-the-ground activism through the lens of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Here we see how anti-Olympic activists deploy a range of approaches to challenge the Olympic machine, from direct action and the seizure of public space to humour-based… Leer más

Rutgers Univ Pr, 2014. Paperback. New. 216 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

Rutgers Univ Pr, 2014. Paperback. New. 216 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Rutgers University Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor