Owning the Olympics Narratives of the New China

Narratives of the New China

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ID20003802
AuthorsDaniel Dayan (0000-0002-4371-0446, corresponding author), Monroe Price
Year2008
Pages424
Publication date2008-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueOwning the Olympics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press (PUBLISHER • US)
OpenAlexW287736524
Open LibraryOL33996275M
ISBN9780472024506
LanguageEN
References cited60

far beyond the scope of this particular collection, in the public accounts that will struggle to de‹ne the Beijing Olympics for years to come.Virtually no part of this book focuses on the sports and athletics of the Olympic Games themselves.But, of course, athletics and athletic prowess spin their own narratives of power.It is not for nothing that China seeks to top the medal table and use the symbol of gold as an index of its place in the world.Sports are implicated in narratives of gender, race, and class; the manifestations of sports tell much about a society, and all of that will be on view at the Olympics.But these questions-including the narrative of doping-represent a substantial and different ‹eld of scholarship from what is at play in these pages.As BOCOG, China, and others continue to prepare, this book is an experiment in taking a longer view of the "event," thinking of it as something that stretches over a prolonged period and includes the run-up as well as the occasion itself.There are many people to thank and acknowledge.The book was one of the ‹rst efforts of a new Project (now Center) for Global Communi-NOTE 1. Correspondence with author.Smith

Art · Beijing · China · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Olympiad · Political science · Politics · Prosperity · Sociology · Theme (computing) · History · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts

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