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Olympic Ceremonialism and The Performance of National Character - From London 2012 to Rio 2016 (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R1,829
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Olympic Ceremonialism and The Performance of National Character - From London 2012 to Rio 2016 (Hardcover, New): R Tzanelli

Olympic Ceremonialism and The Performance of National Character - From London 2012 to Rio 2016 (Hardcover, New)

R Tzanelli

Series: Palgrave Studies in the Olympic and Paralympic Games

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In recent decades ceremonies stood in Olympiads as both vehicles of cultural values and shows embracing the banal and the everyday. But how much do we understand them as forms of public art? This book examines the London 2012 opening and closing ceremonies and the handover event to Rio for the 2016 Olympics as articulations of national and cosmopolitan belonging. It is argued that embodied and projected performances of Britishness and Brazilianness embraced both artistic styles and the contemporary digital turn, refinement and banality. Combinations of art and technology reflected a vision of humanity in motion complying with the Olympic values of fairness, beauty and embodied well-being. The three ceremonial performances supported imaginative travel on stage, on big screens and in musical genres. This travel, at once mediated, embodied and experiential, created an ideal form of 'human': a tornadoros. A creative worker and a tourist, the tornadoros manipulates audio-visual narratives of culture and identity for global Olympic audiences. Spanning Sociology, Sports Studies, Culture and Media Studies, Performance Studies and Tourism Studies, this is a highly interdisciplinary and original perspective on the Olympics.

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Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Palgrave Studies in the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Release date: April 2013
First published: 2013
Authors: R Tzanelli
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 165
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-137-33631-6
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > Tourism industry
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > Olympic games
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LSN: 1-137-33631-5
Barcode: 9781137336316

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