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The Rise and Fall of Olympic Amateurism

Af: John Gleaves, Matthew P Llewellyn Engelsk Hardback

The Rise and Fall of Olympic Amateurism

Af: John Gleaves, Matthew P Llewellyn Engelsk Hardback
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For decades, amateurism defined the ideals undergirding the Olympic movement. No more. Today''s Games present athletes who enjoy open corporate sponsorship and unabashedly compete for lucrative commercial endorsements.
 
Matthew P. Llewellyn and John Gleaves analyze how this astonishing transformation took place. Drawing on Olympic archives and a wealth of research across media, the authors examine how an elite--white, wealthy, often Anglo-Saxon--controlled and shaped an enormously powerful myth of amateurism. The myth assumed an air of naturalness that made it seem unassailable and, not incidentally, served those in power. Llewellyn and Gleaves trace professionalism''s inroads into the Olympics from tragic figures like Jim Thorpe through the shamateur era of under-the-table cash and state-supported athletes. As they show, the increasing acceptability of professionals went hand-in-hand with the Games becoming a for-profit international spectacle. Yet the myth of amateurism''s purity remained a potent force, influencing how people around the globe imagined and understood sport.
 
Timely and vivid with details, The Rise and Fall of Olympic Amateurism is the first book-length examination of the movement''s foundational ideal.
 
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For decades, amateurism defined the ideals undergirding the Olympic movement. No more. Today''s Games present athletes who enjoy open corporate sponsorship and unabashedly compete for lucrative commercial endorsements.
 
Matthew P. Llewellyn and John Gleaves analyze how this astonishing transformation took place. Drawing on Olympic archives and a wealth of research across media, the authors examine how an elite--white, wealthy, often Anglo-Saxon--controlled and shaped an enormously powerful myth of amateurism. The myth assumed an air of naturalness that made it seem unassailable and, not incidentally, served those in power. Llewellyn and Gleaves trace professionalism''s inroads into the Olympics from tragic figures like Jim Thorpe through the shamateur era of under-the-table cash and state-supported athletes. As they show, the increasing acceptability of professionals went hand-in-hand with the Games becoming a for-profit international spectacle. Yet the myth of amateurism''s purity remained a potent force, influencing how people around the globe imagined and understood sport.
 
Timely and vivid with details, The Rise and Fall of Olympic Amateurism is the first book-length examination of the movement''s foundational ideal.
 
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 280
ISBN-13: 9780252040351
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 025204035X
Kategori: Olympiske & paralympiske lege
Udg. Dato: 15 aug 2016
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 235mm
Højde: 158mm
Forlag: University of Illinois Press
Oplagsdato: 15 aug 2016
Forfatter(e): John Gleaves, Matthew P Llewellyn
Forfatter(e) John Gleaves, Matthew P Llewellyn

Kategori Olympiske & paralympiske lege

ISBN-13 9780252040351

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 280

Udgave

Længde 23mm

Bredde 235mm

Højde 158mm

Udg. Dato 15 aug 2016

Oplagsdato 15 aug 2016

Forlag University of Illinois Press

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