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The Sexual and Gender Politics of Sport Mega-Events - Roving Colonialism (Hardcover)
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The Sexual and Gender Politics of Sport Mega-Events - Roving Colonialism (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
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This challenging new study examines gender and sexuality in
relation to the 'roving colonialism' of sport mega-events. Built
around four case studies in postcolonial and settler colonial
contexts-the Olympics in Vancouver, London and Sochi and soccer
fans in the Egyptian revolution-the book examines sporting
'homonationalism' and anti-colonial resistance. The first part
discusses different moments of 'homonationalism' in sport. The
second part explores how indigenous and anti-colonial protests
against mega-sport events lead to different views about gender and
sexuality politics in sport. It offers a critical counter-narrative
to the view that gay and lesbian inclusion in global sporting
events is simply a matter of universal human rights. The book calls
for LGBT social movements in sport to move away from complicity
with neoliberalism, nationalism and colonial-racial logics,
particularly Islamophobia, toward a decolonial politics of
solidarity. Theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded,
this book draws together important threads in the contemporary
study of sport to illuminate the relationship between sport and
wider society. It will be fascinating reading for any student or
researcher interested in the sociology of sport, Olympic studies,
gender and sexuality studies, postcolonial studies, indigenous
studies, settler colonial studies or the politics of race and
inclusion.
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