TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lenskyj,Helen
TI  - THE OLYMPIC GAMES: a critical approach
T2  - SocietyNow
SN  - 9781838677732
AV  - GV721.5 .L46 2020
U1  - 796.48 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - [Place of publication not identified]
PB  - EMERALD Publishing
KW  - Olympics
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Jeux olympiques
KW  - Aspect économique
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Introduction and background -- Olympic resistance -- 'Sport and politics don't mix' -- Olympic industry impacts -- Reform: 'to restore reputation' -- Athletes, politics, and protest -- 'Educating youth through sport' -- Athletes' rights, athletes' lives -- Gender policies: challenges and responses -- The Olympics: 'not a welfare program but a business venture'
N2  - "Do the Olympic Games really live up to their glowing reputation? As the biggest global sport mega-event, the Olympics command public attention, while Olympic mythology obscures their underlying function as a profit-making business. Unlike terms such as 'Olympic movement' and 'Olympic family', the concept of 'Olympic industry' focuses on sport as an economic and political enterprise, with its beneficiaries including sponsors, media rights holders, developers, and politicians. negative impacts on host cities disproportionately threaten the lives and well-being of disadvantaged minorities. Citizens' Olympic resistance campaigns address a range of human rights abuses, while recent athlete activism also focuses on th doping problem and the sexual abuse of girls and women. Female athletes with 'differences of sexual development' face discriminatory gender policies that disqualify them from women's events. All of these issues are analysed through a feminist, anti-racist lens."--Back cover
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