National Identity and Global Sports Events: Culture, Politics, and Spectacle in the Olympics and the Football World Cup

National Identity and Global Sports Events......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
1. Culture, Politics, and Spectacle in the Global Sports Event—An Introduction by Alan Tomlinson and Christopher Young......Page 10
2. The Theory of Spectacle: Reviewing Olympic Ethnography by John J. MacAloon......Page 24
3. Italy 1934: Football and Fascism by Robert S. C. Gordon and John London......Page 50
4. Berlin 1936: The Most Controversial Olympics by Allen Guttmann......Page 74
5. England 1966: Traditional and Modern? by Tony Mason......Page 92
6. Mexico City 1968: Sombreros and Skyscrapers by Claire and Keith Brewster......Page 108
7. Munich 1972: Re-presenting the Nation by Christopher Young......Page 126
8. Argentina 1978: Military Nationalism, Football Essentialism, and Moral Ambivalence by Eduardo P. Archetti......Page 142
9. Moscow 1980: Stalinism or Good, Clean Fun? by Robert Edelman......Page 158
10. Los Angeles 1984 and 1932: Commercializing the American Dream by Alan Tomlinson......Page 172
11. Barcelona 1992: Evaluating the Olympic Legacy by Christopher Kennett and Miquel de Moragas......Page 186
12. Sydney 2000: Sociality and Spatiality in Global Media Events by David Rowe and Deborah Stevenson......Page 206
13. Korea and Japan 2002: Public Space and Popular Celebration by Soon-Hee Whang......Page 224
Contributors......Page 242
B......Page 246
D......Page 247
G......Page 248
M......Page 249
O......Page 250
S......Page 251
T......Page 252
Z......Page 253
Books in Series......Page 255