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Author | : Helen Jefferson Lenskyj |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2008-06-05 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0791478114 |
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A critical look at the Olympics in the postbribery, post-9/11 era, particularly at consequences for host cities and so-called “Olympic education” for schoolchildren.
Author | : Helen Lenskyj |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Mass media and sports |
ISBN | : 9781435658844 |
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Scholar and activist Helen Jefferson Lenskyj continues her critique of the Olympic industry, looking specifically at developments in the post-9/11 and postbribery scandal era. Examining events and activism in host cities, as well as in several locations that bid unsuccessfully on the Olympics, Lenskyj shows how basic rights and freedoms, particularly of the press and of assembly, are compromised. Lenskyj investigates the pro-Olympic bias in media treatment of bids and preparations, the fallen hero phenomenon that includes doping and female athletes who pose nude in calendars, and takes issue with Olympic education curricular materials for schoolchildren. Also discussed are the problems of housing and homelessness created when the Olympics become a catalyst for urban redevelopment projects.
Author | : H. Lenskyj |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2016-01-12 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 113729115X |
Download Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book explores how the Olympic industry has shaped hegemonic concepts of sporting masculinities and femininities for its own profit and image-making ends, examining its continuing marginalization of athletes on account of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class.
Author | : Helen Lenskyj |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2000-07-14 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780791447550 |
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Analysis from the perspective of those adversely affected by the social, economic, political, and environmental impacts of hosting an Olympic Games.
Author | : Helen Jefferson Lenskyj |
Publisher | : Emerald Group Publishing |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2020-04-15 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1838677755 |
Download The Olympic Games Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Do the Olympic Games really live up to their glowing reputation? As the biggest global sport mega-event, the Olympic Games command public and media attention, while Olympic mythology and ritual obscure their underlying function as a profit-making business enterprise.
Author | : Helen Lenskyj |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2000-07-14 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780791447567 |
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Analysis from the perspective of those adversely affected by the social, economic, political, and environmental impacts of hosting an Olympic Games.
Author | : Helen Jefferson Lenskyj |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2000-07-14 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0791491579 |
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In a startling expose of the Olympic industry, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj goes beyond the media hype of international goodwill and spirited competition to uncover a darker side of the global Games. She reports on the pre- and post-Olympic impacts from recent host cities, bribery investigations and their outcomes, grassroots resistance movements, and the role of the mass media in the controversy. A highly accessible book about a complex subject that touches the hearts of sports fans everywhere, Inside the Olympic Industry is a must-read, behind-the-scenes look at the politics surrounding the choice of Sydney, Australia as host city for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.
Author | : H. Lenskyj |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2012-04-11 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0230367461 |
Download The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together an authoritative and international line-up of scholars to examine key social and political issues related to the Olympics. An essential, 'one-stop' volume for a wide range of academics, students and researchers.
Author | : Chris Dempsey |
Publisher | : University Press of New England |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2017-05-02 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1512600709 |
Download No Boston Olympics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In 2013 and 2014, some of Massachusetts' wealthiest and most powerful individuals hatched an audacious plan to bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to Boston. Like their counterparts in cities around the world, Boston's Olympic boosters promised political leaders, taxpayers, and the media that the Games would deliver incalculable benefits and require little financial support from the public. Yet these advocates refused to share the details of their bid and only grudgingly admitted, when pressed, that their plan called for billions of dollars in construction of unneeded venues. To win the bid, the public would have to guarantee taxpayer funds to cover cost overruns, which have plagued all modern Olympic Games. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) chose Boston 2024's bid over that of other American cities in January 2015-and for a time it seemed inevitable that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would award the Games to Boston 2024. No Boston Olympics is the story of how an ad hoc, underfunded group of diverse and engaged citizens joined together to challenge and ultimately derail Boston's boosters, the USOC, and the IOC. Chris Dempsey was cochair of No Boston Olympics, the group that first voiced skepticism, demanded accountability, and catalyzed dissent. Andrew Zimbalist is a world expert on the economics of sports, and the leading researcher on the hidden costs of hosting mega-events such as the Olympics and the World Cup. Together, they tell Boston's story, while providing a blueprint for citizens who seek to challenge costly, wasteful, disruptive, and risky Olympic bids in their own cities.
Author | : Belinda Wheaton |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2021-11-04 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1351029525 |
Download Action Sports and the Olympic Games Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Based on a decade of research by two leading action sports scholars, this book maps the relationship between action sports and the Olympic Movement, from the inclusion of the first action sports to those featuring for the first time in the Tokyo Olympic Games and beyond. In an effort to remain relevant to younger audiences, four new action sports, surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing, and BMX freestyle were included in the Tokyo Olympic program. Drawing upon interviews with Olympic insiders, as well as leaders, athletes, and participants in these action sports communities, the book details the impacts on the action sports industry and cultures, and offers national comparisons to show the uneven effects resulting from Olympic inclusion. It reveals the intricate workings of power and politics in contemporary sports organisations, and maps key trends in this changing sporting landscape. Action Sports and the Olympic Games is a fascinating read for anybody studying the Olympics, the sociology of sport, action sports, or sport policy.