Western-centrism In Olympic Studies And Its Consequences In The 2008 Beijing Olympics
Por Susan Brownell (Autor).
Em Esporte & Sociedade v. 4, n 12, 2009. Da página 1 a 20
Resumo
The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will be only the third time the Olympic Summer Games have been held outside the West and its former colonies, after Tokyo 1964 and Seoul 1988. If one adds the 1972 Sapporo and 1998 Nagano Winter Games, these will be the fifth Olympic Games outside the West. China in 2008 is arguably the least Westernized nation to yet host the Olympic Games. It will also be the first East Asian country to hold the Games that is not host to U.S. military bases. When measured by the numbers of Westerners who will be in China, it will be the greatest-ever meeting of East and West in peacetime.
