Beschreibung:
This book provides new insights on the historic, cultural and geopolitical significance of the Olympic Games. It considers that the Games are the right window to look at both the past and the current relations between England and its closest continental neighbours.
1. In the Shadow of Myron: The Impact of the Discobolus on Representations of Olympic Sport from Victorian Britain to Contemporary China 2. Modern Pentathlon at the London 2012 Olympics: Between Traditional Heritage and Modern Changes for Survival 3. London is Just Around the Corner: Belgium, Britain and Sport 4. Monarchy, Socialism and Modern Capitalism: Hungary's Participation in Three London Olympic Games 5. From Best to Worst? Romania and Its Nostalgia for Olympic Successes 6. The Olympic Games in London 2012 from a Swedish Media Perspective 7. Close Strangers or Strange Friends? The London Olympics and Anglo-Norwegian Sports Relations in a Historical Perspective