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Routledge Heritage and the Olympics: People, Place, Performance

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Explore the cultural significance of the Olympic Games through the lens of heritage in this comprehensive academic examination from Routledge. The Olympic Games have become the world's most prestigious sporting event, generating unprecedented scholarly interest across sociology, politics, geography, and history. This book examines how heritage offers invaluable insights into what we value about the Games and what we wish to pass on to future generations. Each Olympic Games represents key life-markers for audiences worldwide, and the events within them carry profound meanings and implications for communities and nations. By integrating heritage perspectives with traditional academic disciplines, this work provides a multifaceted understanding of how the Olympics shape and reflect our cultural identities, values, and aspirations across different places and communities.

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Combines heritage studies with Olympic scholarship to reveal the cultural meanings embedded in the Games.

Draws on sociology, politics, geography and history to examine the implications of Olympic events for host communities.

Explores what the Olympics represent as key life-markers for global audiences and future generations.

Published by Routledge, offering academic rigour and peer-reviewed insights into sports heritage and cultural performance.

Examines the relationship between place, people, and Olympic performance through an interdisciplinary heritage framework.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
23 January 2014
Listed Since
15 June 2013

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