The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction H.Lenskyj & S.Wagg PART I: THE MODERN OLYMPICS: PRE-HISTORY The Ancient Olympics and the Modern: Mirror and Mirage M.Golden Pierre de Coubertin: Man and Myth D.Chatziefstathiou PART II: THE OLYMPICS: CASE STUDIES The 1904 Olympic Games: Triumph or Nadir? M.Dyreson & D.Lunt The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936 D.Large The Early Cold War Olympics, 1952-60: Political, Economic and Human Rights Dimensions B.Keys The Winter Olympics: Geography is Destiny? H.Lenskyj Olympic Tales from the East: Tokyo, 1964, Seoul, 1988 and Beijing, 2008 J.Horne & W.Manzenreiter The XXI Olympiad: Canada's Claim or Montreal's Gain? Political and Social Tensions Surrounding the 1976 Montreal Olympics T.Teixeira A Gold Medal for the Market: The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the Reagan Era, and the Politics of Neoliberalism R.Gruneau & R.Neubauer A Source of Crisis? Assessing Athens 2004 J.Karamichas Bringing the Mountains into the City: Legacy of the Winter Olympics, Turin 2006 E.Dansero & A.Mela The Social and Spatial Impacts of Olympic Image Construction: The Case of Beijing 2008 A.Broudehoux Living Lula's Passion? The Politics of Rio 2016 B.Clift & D.Andrews PART III: THE OLYMPICS: DISCIPLINES The Making - and Unmaking? - of the Olympic Corporate Class A.Tomlinson The Economics and Marketing of the Olympic Games from Bid Phase to Aftermath C.Shaw The Rings and the Box: Television Spectacle and the Olympics G.Whannel The Olympic Movement's New Media Revolution: Monetization, Open Media and Intellectual Property A.Miah & J.Jones Myth, Heritage and the Olympic Enterprise T.Rider & K.Wamsley The Olympics, the Law and the Contradictions of Olympism S.Greenfield, M.James & G.Osborn PART IV: THE OLYMPICS: POLITICAL ISSUES Tilting at Windmills: Olympic Politics and the Spectre of Amateurism S.Wagg Celebrate Humanity: Cultural Citizenship and the Global Branding of 'Multiculturalism' M.Giardina, J.Metz & K.Bunds The Paralympic Movement: Empowerment or Disempowerment for People with Disabilities? O.Schantz & K.Gilbert The Olympics and the Environment J.Karamichas Securing the Olympic Games: Exemplifications of Global Governance P.Boyle The Use of Performance-Enhancing Substances in the Olympic Games: History and Critical Issues I.Ritchie The Olympic Industry and Women: An Alternative Perspective H.Lenskyj Disciplining Sex: 'Gender Verification' Politics and Women's Sport J.Schultz The Love that Dare Not Speak its Name: Corruption and the Olympics A.Jennings 'There Will Be No Law That Will Come Against Us': A Foremost Episode of Indigenous Resistance and Activism Within Olympic History C.O'Bonsawin The Olympics and Indigenous Peoples: Australia T.Bruce & E.Wensing The Olympics of 2012: East London's Renewal and Legacy G.Poynter The Olympics Games and Housing H.Blunden The Olympic Games and its Opponents K.Zervas PART V: THE OLYMPICS: FOR AND AGAINST The Olympics: Why we Should Value Them I.Henry The Case Against the Olympic Games: The Buck Stops with the IOC H.Lenskyj Bibliography Index