Leisure, Culture and the Olympic Games by John Horne (2013, Hardcover)

Routledge

0415826888

9780415826884

164636234

John Horne

Leisure, Culture and the Olympic Games

Hardcover

English

2013

Textbook

128 Pages

6.9in

0.9in

9.7in

13.6 Oz

Gv721.5

1. Introduction: Leisure, culture and the Olympic games 2. Retrospective reflections on the Black American male athlete and the 1968 Olympics: an elite interview with Dr Harry Edwards 3. The sociocultural legacy of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games 4. Complex context: Aboriginal participation in hosting the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games 5. Beyond the Games: regeneration legacies and London 2012 6. A vision of London in the twenty-first century or just terrifying monsters: a semiotic analysis of the official mascots for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games 7. The Olympics as a platform for protest: a case study of the London 2012 'ethical' Games and the Play Fair campaign for workers' rights

2013

College Audience

Business Aspects, General, Olympics & Paralympics

796.48

23

Sports & Recreation