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Activism and the Olympics : dissent at the games in Vancouver and London / Jules Boykoff

Author
Boykoff, Jules
Published
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 226 pages).
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Olympics and Me -- 1. Understanding the Olympic Games -- 2. Space Matters: The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics -- 3. London Calling: Activism and the 2012 Summer Olympics -- 4. Media and the Olympics -- 5. Looking Ahead through the Rearview Mirror -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Summary
"Shines a spotlight on the political underbelly of the Olympic Games. Because the Olympics have become such a multifaceted behemoth, they ramble into the path of numerous extant activist battles while spurring new ones. After presenting a brief history of political activism that challenges the Olympic Games, Boykoff turns his attention to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2012 Summer Games in London. He argues that anti-Olympics activism is not so much a "movement of movements" as it is a "moment of movements." During the Olympics moment, activist groups come together using the Olympics as their fight-back focal point. But, he contends, anti-Olympics activism has not yet become a social movement, as it has not robustly sustained itself through time. Activists challenging the Games tend to deploy humor-based, with-the-grain tactics to create carnivalesque spectacles to challenge the Olympic machine. Boykoff offers a critical assessment of this approach"--
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ISBN
9780813562032 (electronic bk.)
0813562031 (electronic bk.)
9780813562025
0813562023
9780813562018
0813562015
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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