Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

The Olympic Games

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 287g
• ISBN-13: 9781838677763
• ISBN-10: 1838677763
• Artikelnr.: 58364098

Autorenporträt

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj is Professor Emerita, University of Toronto. Her work as a researcher and activist on gender and sport issues began in the 1980s, and her critiques of the Olympic industry include Inside the Olympic Industry and Olympic Industry Resistance.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction and Background Chapter 2. Olympic Resistance
Chapter 3. 'Sport and Politics Don't Mix' Chapter 4. Olympic Industry
Impacts Chapter 5. Reform: 'To Restore Reputation' Chapter 6. Athletes,
Politics, and Protest Chapter 7. 'Educating Youth Through Sport' Chapter 8.
Athletes' Rights, Athletes' Lives Chapter 9. Gender Policies: Challenges
and Responses Chapter 10. The Olympics: 'Not a Welfare Program but a
Business Venture'