This book discusses issues of diversity, capacity and equity in the colourful world of global sport and addresses international dimensions of sport, commonality and difference, as well as the special circumstances of sport and social relations in particular places.

This text investigates the many ways that Indigenous Australian's have engaged with Australian sports and the racial and cultural readings that have been associated with these engagements.

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. What were the 'key' stories and how were they chosen? What was dramatised? Who were the heroes? Which 'clashes' were highlighted and how? What sorts of stories did the notion of 'human interest' generate? Did politics take a backseat or was the topic highlighted repeatedly? Thus, the focus was not on the success or failure of this event, but on the ways in which the Olympics Games, as...