Nationalism On The World Stage Cultural Performance At The Olympic Games
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780761854517
Description: "Beyond the realm of sports and spectacle, states host the Olympic Games for political, social, and cultural reasons. In particular, organizers have used the Olympics as an opportunity to redefine and reassert their national identities though performance. The hosts present an artistic rendering of their national identity to domestic and international audiences though the pageantry of the opening and closing ceremonies" -- cover.