In 2008 China plans to use the Olympic Games to remake its national identity in the global marketplace. In so doing China treads the path blazed by the United States. For more than a century the U.S. has used the Olympic Games to construct national identity, create communal memory, and craft patriotic mythology. From opening parades where the American team refuses to dip its flag in order to signal American exceptionalism to the closing ceremonies where the U.S. media trumpet that their team owes its medals not to superior athleticism but to the nation's peerless social and political systems, Olympic Games have served as sites to bolster American nationalism. More than any other nation, the United States has politicized its Olympic participation. In the process a host of myths about American superiority in global encounters has emerged through the Olympics. In memorializing and mythologizing their Olympic teams Americans have revealed the contours of the racial, gender, and class dynamics that animate their peculiar nationhood. These essays explore the history of expressions of American national identity in Olympic arenas. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781138880429
eBay Product ID (ePID)
214318740
Product Key Features
Author
Mark Dyreson
Publication Name
Crafting Patriotism for Global Dominance: America at the Olympics
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Business
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Item Height
246mm
Item Width
189mm
Item Weight
340g
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Title_Author
Mark Dyreson
Genre
Sports
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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