The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies
A comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together an authoritative and international line-up of scholars to examine key social and political issues related to the Olympics. An essential, 'one-stop' volume for a wide range of academ
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Also by Helen Jefferson Lenskyj OLYMPIC INDUSTRY RESISTANCE: Challenging Olympic Power and Propaganda A LOT TO LEARN: Girls, Women and Education in the 20th Century OUT ON THE FIELD: Gender, Sport and Sexualities THE BEST EVER OLYMPICS: Social Impacts of Sydney 2000 INSIDE THE OLYMPIC INDUSTRY: Power, Politics and Activism WOMEN, SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Selected Research Themes WOMEN, SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Research and Bibliography OUT OF BOUNDS: Women, Sport and Sexuality Also by Stephen Wagg THE NEW POLITICS OF LEISURE AND PLEASURE (co-edited) THE SOCIAL FACES OF HUMOUR (co-edited) BECAUSE I TELL A JOKE OR TWO: Comedy, Politics and Social Difference (edited) BRITISH FOOTBALL AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION (edited) CRICKET AND NATIONAL IDENTITY IN THE POST-COLONIAL ERA: Following On (edited ) EAST PLAYS WEST: Essays on Sport and the Cold War (co-edited ) AMATEURISM IN BRITISH SPORT: It Matters Not Who Won or Lost? (co-edited ) KEY CONCEPTS IN SPORT STUDIES (co-authored ) SPORT, LEISURE AND CULTURE IN THE POSTMODERN CITY (co-edited ) SPORTING HEROES OF THE NORTH (co-edited ) MYTHS AND MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF SPORT (edited)
The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies Edited by
Helen Jefferson Lenskyj University of Toronto, Canada
and
Stephen Wagg
Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
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