Olympic Ceremonialism and The Performance of National Character [electronic resource] : From London 2012 to Rio 2016 /
Tzanelli, R.author.
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 tornadóros: an ideal form of 'human' that manipulates audiovisual narratives of culture and identity for global audiences.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Lists of Figures                       ""; ""Acknowledgements                       ""; ""List of Abbreviations                            ""; ""Note on the Author                         ""; ""1 The Olympic Industry: Slow and Fast Mobilities                                                       ""; ""1.1 Introducing the project                                  ""; ""1.2 Allegorical and categorical imperatives in Olympic art                                                                 ""
""1.3 Olympic articulation                               """"1.4 Labour utopia and the category of â€?humanâ€?                                                    ""; ""1.5 Olympic tÃ³rnos, slow and fast: the tornadÃ³ros                                                        ""; ""1.6 Olympic spheres: artwork, travel, activism                                                     ""; ""1.7 Chapter outline                          ""; ""1.8 Epistemological and methodological foundations                                                         ""
""2 The Opening Ceremony: Structural Nostalgia and Pop Pastiche                                                                    """"2.1 The technological human: biographies and objectives                                                              ""; ""2.2 Scene-by-scene                         ""; ""3 The Concluding Show: Music and the Self-Creating Cycle                                                               ""; ""3.1 â€?Familyâ€? illusions and musical travel                                                ""; ""3.2 Scene-by-scene                         ""
""4 Struggling with the Other: Embodied Styles as Tourist Articulation                                                                           """"4.1 Brazilian articulations: anthropophagy and cathexis                                                              ""; ""4.2 Brazilian beauty: situating the beholderâ€?s eye                                                         ""; ""4.3 Scene-by-scene                         ""; ""Bibliography                   ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 tornadóros: an ideal form of 'human' that manipulates audiovisual narratives of culture and identity for global audiences.
Communication.
Sports-Sociological aspects.
Tourism.
Sports.
Performing arts.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Media Studies.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Tourism Management.
Popular Science in Sports.
Performing Arts.
Regional and Cultural Studies.