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Exploring the cultural politics of the Olympic Games, these essays investigate such topics as the emergence of women athletes as cultural commodities, the orchestrated spectacles of the opening and closing ceremonies, and the Gay Games. Unforgettable events and decisions are also discussed.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables

INTRODUCTION
The Games at the Millennium by Kay Schaffer and Sidonie Smith

PART ONE: Cultural Difference and "Elite" Sports
1. The Olympics in Retrospect: Winners, Losers, Racism, and the Olympic Ideal by Cynthia Nadalin
2. Honor Restored: Jim Thorpe's Olympic Medals by Trace A. DeMeyer
3. Jewish Athletes and the "Nazi Olympics" by Allen Guttmann, Heather Kestner, and George Eisen
4. Racing with Race at the Olympics: From Negro to Black to African American Athlete by C. Keith Harrison
5. "We Showed the World the Nordic Way": Skiing, Norwegians, and the Winter Olympic Games in the 1920s by E. John B. Allen

PART TWO: Masculinities/Femininities/Sexualities
6. Men of the Game by Toby Miller
7. The Girls of Summer: Social Contexts for the "Year of the Woman" at the '96 Olympics by Leslie Heywood
8. Women's Sports: Coming of Age in the Third Millennium by Donna A. Lopiano
9. One Chromosome Too Many? by Cheryl L. Cole
10. The Gay Games: Creating Our Own Sports Culture by Vikki Krane and Jennifer Waldron

PART THREE: The Olympics: Drama, Spectacle, Media
11. Carrying the Torch for Whom? Symbolic Power and Olympic Ceremony by Alan Tomlinson
12. Whose Ceremony Is It Anyway? Indigenous and Olympic Interests in the Festival of the Dreaming by Lisa Meekison
13. Who's Sorry How? Drugs, Sports, and the Media towards 2000 by Andrea Mitchell and Helen Yeates
14. The Olympics of the Everyday by Kay Schaffer and Sidonie Smith
15. Terrorism, "Killing Events," and Their Audience: Fear of Crime at the 2000 Olympics by John Tulloch

PART FOUR: Politics at the Games
16. The Olympic Branding of Aborigines: The 2000 Olympic Games and Australia's Indigenous Peoples by Darren J. Godwell
17. Bidding for the Olympics: Sit Selection and Sydney 2000 by Ian Jobling
18. Sports for All? The Politics of Funding, Nationalism, and the Quest for Gold by Lynn Embrey

References
Notes on Contributors
Index

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      Publisher: Rutgers University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/08/2000
      ISBN13: 9780813528205, 978-0813528205
      ISBN10: 0813528208

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Exploring the cultural politics of the Olympic Games, these essays investigate such topics as the emergence of women athletes as cultural commodities, the orchestrated spectacles of the opening and closing ceremonies, and the Gay Games. Unforgettable events and decisions are also discussed.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations
      List of Tables

      INTRODUCTION
      The Games at the Millennium by Kay Schaffer and Sidonie Smith

      PART ONE: Cultural Difference and "Elite" Sports
      1. The Olympics in Retrospect: Winners, Losers, Racism, and the Olympic Ideal by Cynthia Nadalin
      2. Honor Restored: Jim Thorpe's Olympic Medals by Trace A. DeMeyer
      3. Jewish Athletes and the "Nazi Olympics" by Allen Guttmann, Heather Kestner, and George Eisen
      4. Racing with Race at the Olympics: From Negro to Black to African American Athlete by C. Keith Harrison
      5. "We Showed the World the Nordic Way": Skiing, Norwegians, and the Winter Olympic Games in the 1920s by E. John B. Allen

      PART TWO: Masculinities/Femininities/Sexualities
      6. Men of the Game by Toby Miller
      7. The Girls of Summer: Social Contexts for the "Year of the Woman" at the '96 Olympics by Leslie Heywood
      8. Women's Sports: Coming of Age in the Third Millennium by Donna A. Lopiano
      9. One Chromosome Too Many? by Cheryl L. Cole
      10. The Gay Games: Creating Our Own Sports Culture by Vikki Krane and Jennifer Waldron

      PART THREE: The Olympics: Drama, Spectacle, Media
      11. Carrying the Torch for Whom? Symbolic Power and Olympic Ceremony by Alan Tomlinson
      12. Whose Ceremony Is It Anyway? Indigenous and Olympic Interests in the Festival of the Dreaming by Lisa Meekison
      13. Who's Sorry How? Drugs, Sports, and the Media towards 2000 by Andrea Mitchell and Helen Yeates
      14. The Olympics of the Everyday by Kay Schaffer and Sidonie Smith
      15. Terrorism, "Killing Events," and Their Audience: Fear of Crime at the 2000 Olympics by John Tulloch

      PART FOUR: Politics at the Games
      16. The Olympic Branding of Aborigines: The 2000 Olympic Games and Australia's Indigenous Peoples by Darren J. Godwell
      17. Bidding for the Olympics: Sit Selection and Sydney 2000 by Ian Jobling
      18. Sports for All? The Politics of Funding, Nationalism, and the Quest for Gold by Lynn Embrey

      References
      Notes on Contributors
      Index

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