This book focuses on the processes of documenting the Beijing Olympics - ranging from the visual (television and film) to radio and the written word - and the meanings generated by such representations. It was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.
This book focuses on the processes of documenting the Beijing Olympics - ranging from the visual (television and film) to radio and the written word - and the meanings generated by such representations. It was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.
D. P. Martinez is Reader in Anthropology with special reference to Japan at the department of Anthropology, SOAS. Kevin Latham is a senior lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His recent research has focused on Chinese media with particular attention to journalism, new media, the Beijing Olympics, consumption and consumerism.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Documenting the Beijing Olympics: An introduction 2. The cultural legacy of Olympic posters 3. The 'caged torch procession': celebrities, protesters and the 2008 Olympic torch relay in London, Paris and San Francisco 4. 'Betwixt and Between': Reflections on the ritual aspects of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics 5. Media representation of volunteers at the Beijing Olympic Games 6. China's media viewed through the prism of the Beijing Olympics 7. The communication gesture of the Beijing Olympic Games 8. Framing China and the world through the Olympic opening ceremonies, 1984-2008 9. A study of Guangdong TV's Olympics coverage strategy 10. Personal, popular and information portals - Olympic news and the use of mobile phones among migrant workers in Fuzhou 11. Olympiad, a place of linguistic struggle - The discursive constitution of 'human rights' in the 2008 Beijing Olympics 12. Public diplomacy games: A comparative study of American and Japanese responses to the interplay of nationalism, ideology and Chinese soft power strategies around the 2008 Beijing Olympics 13. Human rights and the Olympic Movement after Beijing 14. The tricolour in Beijing: Indian sport, Olympism and nationalism
1. Documenting the Beijing Olympics: An introduction 2. The cultural legacy of Olympic posters 3. The 'caged torch procession': celebrities, protesters and the 2008 Olympic torch relay in London, Paris and San Francisco 4. 'Betwixt and Between': Reflections on the ritual aspects of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics 5. Media representation of volunteers at the Beijing Olympic Games 6. China's media viewed through the prism of the Beijing Olympics 7. The communication gesture of the Beijing Olympic Games 8. Framing China and the world through the Olympic opening ceremonies, 1984-2008 9. A study of Guangdong TV's Olympics coverage strategy 10. Personal, popular and information portals - Olympic news and the use of mobile phones among migrant workers in Fuzhou 11. Olympiad, a place of linguistic struggle - The discursive constitution of 'human rights' in the 2008 Beijing Olympics 12. Public diplomacy games: A comparative study of American and Japanese responses to the interplay of nationalism, ideology and Chinese soft power strategies around the 2008 Beijing Olympics 13. Human rights and the Olympic Movement after Beijing 14. The tricolour in Beijing: Indian sport, Olympism and nationalism
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