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National Identity and Global Sports Events looks at the significance of international sporting events and why they generate enormous audiences worldwide. Focusing on the Olympic Games and the men’s football (soccer) World Cup, the contributors examine the political, cultural, economic, and ideological influences that frame these events. Selected case studies include the 1936 Nazi Olympics in Berlin, the 1934 World Cup Finals in Italy, the unique case of the 1972 Munich Games, the transformative 1984 Games in Los Angeles, and the 2002 Asian World Cup Finals, among others. The case studies show how the Olympics and the World Cup Finals provide a basis for the articulation of entrenched and dominant political ideologies, encourage persisting senses of national identity, and act as barometers for the changing ideological climate of the modern and increasingly globalized contemporary world. Through rigorous scholarly analyses, the book’s contributors help to illuminate the increasing significance of large-scale sporting events on the international stage.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. National Identity and Global Sports Events
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. p. vii
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  1. 1. Culture, Politics, and Spectacle in the Global Sports Event
  2. pp. 1-14
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  1. 2. The Theory of Spectacle: Reviewing Olympic Ethnography
  2. pp. 15-39
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  1. 3. Italy 1934: Football and Fascism
  2. pp. 41-63
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  1. 4. Berlin 1936: The Most Controversial Olympics
  2. pp. 65-81
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  1. 5. England 1966: Traditional and Modern?
  2. pp. 83-98
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  1. 6. Mexico City 1968: Sombreros and Skyscrapers
  2. pp. 99-116
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  1. 7. Munich 1972: Re-presenting the Nation
  2. pp. 117-132
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  1. 8. Argentina 1978: Military Nationalism, Football Essentialism, and Moral Ambivalence
  2. pp. 133-147
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  1. 9. Moscow 1980: Stalinism or Good, Clean Fun?
  2. pp. 149-161
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  1. 10. Los Angeles 1984 and 1932: Commercializing the American Dream
  2. pp. 163-176
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  1. 11. Barcelona 1992: Evaluating the Olympic Legacy
  2. pp. 177-195
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  1. 12. Sydney 2000: Sociality and Spatiality in Global Media Events
  2. pp. 197-214
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  1. 13. Korea and Japan 2002: Public Space and Popular Celebration
  2. pp. 215-231
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 233-236
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  1. Index
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