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National identity and global sports events : culture, politics, and spectacle in the Olympics and the football World Cup

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Culture, politics, and spectacle in the global sports event : an introduction / Alan Tomlinson and Christopher Young
The theory of spectacle : reviewing Olympic ethnography / John J. MacAloon
Italy 1934 : football and fascism / Robert S.C. Gordon and John London
Berlin 1936 : the most controversial Olympics / Allen Guttmann
England 1966 : traditional and modern? / Tony Mason
Mexico city 1968 : sombreros and skyscrapers / Keith and Claire Brewster
Munich 1972 : re-presenting the nation / Christopher Young
Argentina 1978 : military nationalism, football essentialism, and moral ambivalence / Eduardo P. Archetti
Moscow 1980 : Stalinism or good, clean fun? / Robert Edelman
Los Angeles 1984 and 1932 : commercialising the American dream / Alan Tomlinson
Barcelona 1992 : evaluating the Olympic legacy / Miquel de Moragas and Christopher Kennett
Sydney 2000 : sociality and spaciality in global media events / Deborah Stevenson and David Rowe
Korea and Japan 2002 : public space and popular celebration / Soon-Hee Whang.

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National identity and global sports events : culture, politics, and spectacle in the Olympics and the football World Cup. ISBN 9780791466155. Published by State University of New York in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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