Leisure, Culture and the Olympic Games
This edited collection contains six refreshing critical assessments of the leisure-sport relationship from societies that have staged the Olympic and Paralympic Games and contains valuable information for those who live in societies that aspire to host the Games. The collection begins and ends with discussions of the Olympic Games as a platform for protest. The first and last chapters consider the changing political relationships from 1968 in Mexico City, when one of the most politically-charged gestures ever made by athletes took place, and the campaigns surrounding the ethical responsibilities of those hosting the Olympics in London in 2012…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-134-92297-0
- EAN: 9781134922970
- Produktnummer: 31769695
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 128 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 7'998 KB
Über den Autor
John Horne is Professor of Sport and Sociology in the School of Sport, Tourism and The Outdoors, University of Central Lancashire. He is the author and co-author of numerous articles, book chapters and books including Sport in Consumer Culture (2006), Understanding Sport: A Socio-Cultural Analysis (2013) and Understanding the Olympics (2012) and co-editor of Sports Mega-Events (2006).
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