Crafting patriotism for global dominance: america at the olympics
Auteur :
Dyreson, Mark
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780415445689
Date de publication :
15 août 2008
Dimensions :
24,6 x 17,4 cm
Poids :
530 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The United States uses the Olympic Games to construct and contest its national image. For more than a century the Olympics have served the U.S. as a site for erecting memorials to American patriotism and developing mythologies of American exceptionalism.