Activism and the Olympics: Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London
The Olympics have developed into the world's premier sporting event. They are simultaneously a competitive exhibition and a grand display of cooperation that bring together global cultures on ski slopes, shooting ranges, swimming pools, and track ovals. Given their scale in the modern era, the...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The Olympics have developed into the world's premier sporting event. They are simultaneously a competitive exhibition and a grand display of cooperation that bring together global cultures on ski slopes, shooting ranges, swimming pools, and track ovals. Given their scale in the modern era, the Games are a useful window for better comprehending larger cultural, social, and historical processes, argues Jules Boykoff, an academic social scientist and a former Olympic athlete. In Activism and the Olympics, Boykoff provides a critical overview of the Olympic industry and its political opponents in the modern era. After presenting a brief history of Olympic activism, he turns his attention to on-the-ground activism through the lens of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Here we see how anti-Olympic activists deploy a range of approaches to challenge the Olympic machine, from direct action and the seizure of public space to humor-based and online tactics. Drawing on primary evidence from myriad personal interviews with activists, journalists, civil libertarians, and Olympics organizers, Boykoff angles in on the Games from numerous vantages and viewpoints. Although modern Olympic authorities have strived—even through the Cold War era—to appear apolitical, Boykoff notes, the Games have always been the site of hotly contested political actions and competing interests. During the last thirty years, as the Olympics became an economic juggernaut, they also generated numerous reactions from groups that have sought to challenge the event’s triumphalism and pageantry. The 21st century has seen an increased level of activism across the world, from the Occupy Movement in the United States to the Arab Spring in the Middle East. What does this spike in dissent mean for Olympic activists as they prepare for future Games? |
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| spelling | Boykoff, Jules Verfasser aut Activism and the Olympics Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London Jules Boykoff New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University Press [2014] © 2014 1 online resource 10 photographs, 4 figures, 2 t txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Critical Issues in Sport and Society Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Sep 2019) The Olympics have developed into the world's premier sporting event. They are simultaneously a competitive exhibition and a grand display of cooperation that bring together global cultures on ski slopes, shooting ranges, swimming pools, and track ovals. Given their scale in the modern era, the Games are a useful window for better comprehending larger cultural, social, and historical processes, argues Jules Boykoff, an academic social scientist and a former Olympic athlete. In Activism and the Olympics, Boykoff provides a critical overview of the Olympic industry and its political opponents in the modern era. After presenting a brief history of Olympic activism, he turns his attention to on-the-ground activism through the lens of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Here we see how anti-Olympic activists deploy a range of approaches to challenge the Olympic machine, from direct action and the seizure of public space to humor-based and online tactics. Drawing on primary evidence from myriad personal interviews with activists, journalists, civil libertarians, and Olympics organizers, Boykoff angles in on the Games from numerous vantages and viewpoints. Although modern Olympic authorities have strived—even through the Cold War era—to appear apolitical, Boykoff notes, the Games have always been the site of hotly contested political actions and competing interests. During the last thirty years, as the Olympics became an economic juggernaut, they also generated numerous reactions from groups that have sought to challenge the event’s triumphalism and pageantry. The 21st century has seen an increased level of activism across the world, from the Occupy Movement in the United States to the Arab Spring in the Middle East. What does this spike in dissent mean for Olympic activists as they prepare for future Games? In English Olympische Spiele 30. 2012 London (DE-588)7730081-6 gnd rswk-swf Olympische Spiele 21. 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia (DE-588)6529747-7 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 2010-2012 gnd rswk-swf SOCIAL SCIENCE / General bisacsh Dissenters Olympics Political aspects Olympics Social aspects Aktivismus (DE-588)4000973-7 gnd rswk-swf Aktivist (DE-588)4434804-6 gnd rswk-swf Olympische Spiele 21. 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia (DE-588)6529747-7 f Olympische Spiele 30. 2012 London (DE-588)7730081-6 f Aktivismus (DE-588)4000973-7 s Aktivist (DE-588)4434804-6 s Geschichte 2010-2012 z 1\p DE-604 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813562032 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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| title | Activism and the Olympics Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London |
| title_auth | Activism and the Olympics Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London |
| title_exact_search | Activism and the Olympics Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London |
| title_full | Activism and the Olympics Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London Jules Boykoff |
| title_fullStr | Activism and the Olympics Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London Jules Boykoff |
| title_full_unstemmed | Activism and the Olympics Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London Jules Boykoff |
| title_short | Activism and the Olympics |
| title_sort | activism and the olympics dissent at the games in vancouver and london |
| title_sub | Dissent at the Games in Vancouver and London |
| topic | Olympische Spiele 30. 2012 London (DE-588)7730081-6 gnd Olympische Spiele 21. 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia (DE-588)6529747-7 gnd SOCIAL SCIENCE / General bisacsh Dissenters Olympics Political aspects Olympics Social aspects Aktivismus (DE-588)4000973-7 gnd Aktivist (DE-588)4434804-6 gnd |
| topic_facet | Olympische Spiele 30. 2012 London Olympische Spiele 21. 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia SOCIAL SCIENCE / General Dissenters Olympics Political aspects Olympics Social aspects Aktivismus Aktivist |
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