Representing the Nation : Sport and Spectacle in Post-revolutionary Mexico

ISBN-13: 9780415474153 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 177 str.

Brewster Claire

Opis

'Representing the Nation' analyses Mexico City's staging of the 1968 Olympic Games and explains how international criticism over its competence reignited a series of long-standing stereotypes, prejudices and divisions within Mexican society.

Recenzje

"Representing the Nation is not concerned with Olympic sport itself but seeks to place the games within the wider context of the role of sport in politics and society. Over the course of these chapters three main themes emerge: the ‘indigenous problem’, Mexico’s determination to be acknowledged as a ‘first world’ country, and its status as leader of the ‘Third World’."–Christopher Wagner

Spis treści

1. Prologue: The Genre of Sport as a Means to an End  2. Sport and Society in Post-revolutionary Mexico  3. The Rank Outsider: Mexico City’s Bid for the 1968 Olympic Games  4. Pride and Prejudice: Foreign Perceptions of Mexico as an Olympic Host  5. Cleaning the Cage: Mexico City’s Preparations for the Olympic Games  6. The Mexican Student Movement of 1968: An Olympic Perspective  7. Mexico City’s Hosting of the 1968 Olympic Games  8. Epilogue: The Legacy of the Mexico City Olympics

O autorze

Claire Brewster is lecturer in Latin American history at the University of Newcastle. Keith Brewster is senior lecturer in Latin American history at the University of Newcastle.