Caroline Symons

The Gay Games (eBook, ePUB)

A History

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the significance of the Gay Games in the context of broader currents of gay and lesbian history, and addresses a wide range of key contemporary themes within sports studies, including the cultural politics of sport, the politics of difference and identity, and the rise of sporting mega-events.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134027897
• Artikelnr.: 42641113

Autorenporträt

Caroline Symons in Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport and Exercise Science and the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living at Victoria University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Dancing with Tom Waddell 2. "We are Normal": "Challenge in
1982": Gay Games I 3. "We are Healthy": "Triumph in 1986": Gay Games II and
the Procession of the Arts 4. Gay Games in Transition: "Celebration 90":
Gay Games III and Cultural Festival 5. Going Global: The
Internationalization of the Gay Games Movement 6. Big, Brash and Bold:
"Unity 94": Gay Games IV and Cultural Festival 7. The Gay Way To Europe and
the World: Gay Games V and Cultural Festival 8. "Under New Skies": Gay
Games VI and Cultural Festival 9. "Transexed Conundrums" 10. Montreal - No
- Chicago! Or Back To Basics: Chicago 2006 and the Split within the
International GLBTI Sports Movement. Conclusion