Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

Broschiertes Buch

The Olympic Games

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj is Professor Emerita, University of Toronto. Her work as a researcher and activist on gender and sport issues began in the 1980s, and her critiques of the Olympic industry include Inside the Olympic Industry and Olympic Industry Resistance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 287g
• ISBN-13: 9781838677763
• ISBN-10: 1838677763
• Artikelnr.: 58364098