Mexico City's Olympic Games Citizenship and Nation Building, 1963-1968

This book looks at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games as a complex nationbuilding project. Sports mega-events have been mostly studied as homogenous government-led strategies, but more work is needed around the diverse reception and performances. The preparation period for the Olympics in Mexico and espe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Elías, Axel, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2021.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Springer eBooks.
Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics,
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. A Bottom-up approach to Sports and Nation Building in Mexico
  • Chapter 2: 'The exact route to achieving success': International Politics and Mexican State Formation during the Cold War
  • Chapter 3. 'We do not want Olympics, we want revolution': The Student Movement and the XIX Olympiad, July - October 1968
  • Chapter 4. 'Everything is possible in peace': State Repression, Nationalism and Politics of Silence, 2-12 October 1968
  • Chapter 5: 'What a marvellous people and what a fabulous party': The Cultural Politics of Emotions during the XIX Olympic Games, 12-27 October 1968
  • Chapter 6: The Political Consequences of the XIX Olympiad.