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All ebooks in the collection "Palgrave Studies in the Olympic and Paralympic Games" - Palgrave Pivot


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Sporting Times


K. Woodward


Written against the backdrop of the 2012 London Olympics, this book examines the idea of 'time' in sport, using time as a conceptual lens to explore movement, bodies, sports reporting, memory, disability, technology and the role of the past and the future in sport.

Publication date: 2016-01-12
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Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
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Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry


H. Lenskyj


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...

Publication date: 2016-01-12
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Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
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Olympic Ceremonialism and The Performance of National Character


R. Tzanelli


This book examines the London 2012 opening and closing ceremonies and the handover to Rio 2016 as articulations of national and cosmopolitan belonging. The ceremonial performances supported imaginative travel and created a tornadóros: an ideal form of 'human' that...

Publication date: 2013-04-24
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Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
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