Inside the Olympic Industry
Title | Inside the Olympic Industry PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Jefferson Lenskyj |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2000-07-14 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0791491579 |
In a startling expose of the Olympic industry, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj goes beyond the media hype of international goodwill and spirited competition to uncover a darker side of the global Games. She reports on the pre- and post-Olympic impacts from recent host cities, bribery investigations and their outcomes, grassroots resistance movements, and the role of the mass media in the controversy. A highly accessible book about a complex subject that touches the hearts of sports fans everywhere, Inside the Olympic Industry is a must-read, behind-the-scenes look at the politics surrounding the choice of Sydney, Australia as host city for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.
Inside the Olympic Industry
Title | Inside the Olympic Industry PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Lenskyj |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2000-07-14 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780791447567 |
Analysis from the perspective of those adversely affected by the social, economic, political, and environmental impacts of hosting an Olympic Games.
Olympic Industry Resistance
Title | Olympic Industry Resistance PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Jefferson Lenskyj |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2008-06-05 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0791478114 |
A critical look at the Olympics in the postbribery, post-9/11 era, particularly at consequences for host cities and so-called “Olympic education” for schoolchildren.
Olympic Industry Resistance
Title | Olympic Industry Resistance PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Lenskyj |
Publisher | |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Mass media and sports |
ISBN | 9781435658844 |
Scholar and activist Helen Jefferson Lenskyj continues her critique of the Olympic industry, looking specifically at developments in the post-9/11 and postbribery scandal era. Examining events and activism in host cities, as well as in several locations that bid unsuccessfully on the Olympics, Lenskyj shows how basic rights and freedoms, particularly of the press and of assembly, are compromised. Lenskyj investigates the pro-Olympic bias in media treatment of bids and preparations, the fallen hero phenomenon that includes doping and female athletes who pose nude in calendars, and takes issue with Olympic education curricular materials for schoolchildren. Also discussed are the problems of housing and homelessness created when the Olympics become a catalyst for urban redevelopment projects.
Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry
Title | Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry PDF eBook |
Author | H. Lenskyj |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 167 |
Release | 2016-01-12 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 113729115X |
This book explores how the Olympic industry has shaped hegemonic concepts of sporting masculinities and femininities for its own profit and image-making ends, examining its continuing marginalization of athletes on account of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class.
The Olympic Games
Title | The Olympic Games PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Jefferson Lenskyj |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2020-04-15 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1838677739 |
Do the Olympic Games really live up to their glowing reputation? As the biggest global sport mega-event, the Olympic Games command public and media attention, while Olympic mythology and ritual obscure their underlying function as a profit-making business enterprise.
The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies
Title | The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies PDF eBook |
Author | H. Lenskyj |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 363 |
Release | 2012-04-11 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0230367461 |
A comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together an authoritative and international line-up of scholars to examine key social and political issues related to the Olympics. An essential, 'one-stop' volume for a wide range of academics, students and researchers.