Representing the nation :sport and spectacle in post-revolutionary Mexico

  • 作者: Brewster, Claire,
  • 其他作者: Brewster, Keith,
  • 出版: London : Routledge 2010.
  • 稽核項: 177 pages :illustrations ;26 cm.
  • 叢書名: Sport in the global society
  • 標題: Politics and government , Olympic Games 1968 : Mexico City, Mexico) , Sports and state Mexico -- History. , Mexico , History. , Sports and state , Mexico Politics and government -- 20th century.
  • ISBN: 0415474159 , 9780415474153
  • 附註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • 摘要: "Mexico City's staging of the 1968 Olympic Games should have been a pinnacle in Mexico's post-revolutionary development: a moment when a nation at ease with itself played proud host to a global celebration of youthful vigour. Representing the Nation argues, however, that from the moment that the city won the bid, the Mexican elite displayed a innate lack of trust in their countrymen. Beautification of the capital city went beyond that expected of a host. It included the removal of undesirables from sight and the sponsorship of public information campaigns designed to teach citizens basic standards of civility and decency. The book's contention is that these and other measures exposed a chasm between what decades of post-revolutionary socio-cultural reforms had sought to produce, and what members of the elite believed their nation to be. While members of the Organising Committee deeply resented international scepticism of Mexico's ability to stage the Games, they shared a fear that with the eyes of the world upon them, their compatriots would reveal Mexico's aspirations to first world status to be a fraud. Using a detailed analysis of Mexico City's preparations for the Olympic Games, we show how these tensions manifested themselves in the actions of the Organising Committee and government authorities."--Publisher's information.
  • 系統號: 005252063
  • 資料類型: 圖書
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