Olympic ceremonialism and the performance of national character : from London 2012 to Rio 2016
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Olympic ceremonialism and the performance of national character : from London 2012 to Rio 2016
(Palgrave pivot)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-153) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines the London 2012 opening and closing ceremonies and the handover to Rio 2016 as articulations of national and cosmopolitan belonging. The ceremonial performances supported imaginative travel and created a tornadoros: an ideal form of 'human' that manipulates audiovisual narratives of culture and identity for global audiences.
Table of Contents
1. The Olympic Industry: Slow and Fast Mobilities 2. The Opening Ceremony: Structural Nostalgia and Pop Pastiche 3. The Concluding Show: Music and the Self-Creating Cycle 4. Struggling With the Other: Embodied Styles as Tourist Articulation
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