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050 0 4 _aGV721
_b.A285 2014
049 _aNTA
100 1 _aBoykoff, Jules,
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245 1 0 _aActivism and the Olympics :
_bdissent at the games in Vancouver and London /
_cJules Boykoff.
260 _aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :
_bRutgers University Press,
_c(c)2014.
300 _a1 online resource (xi, 226 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aCritical issues in sport and society
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520 0 _a"Shines a spotlight on the political underbelly of the Olympic Games. Because the Olympics have become such a multifaceted behemoth, they ramble into the path of numerous extant activist battles while spurring new ones. After presenting a brief history of political activism that challenges the Olympic Games, Boykoff turns his attention to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2012 Summer Games in London. He argues that anti-Olympics activism is not so much a "movement of movements" as it is a "moment of movements." During the Olympics moment, activist groups come together using the Olympics as their fight-back focal point. But, he contends, anti-Olympics activism has not yet become a social movement, as it has not robustly sustained itself through time. Activists challenging the Games tend to deploy humor-based, with-the-grain tactics to create carnivalesque spectacles to challenge the Olympic machine. Boykoff offers a critical assessment of this approach"--
_cProvided by publisher.
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650 0 _aOlympics
_xPolitical aspects.
650 0 _aOlympics
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aDissenters.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=852803&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell