Matthew P Llewellyn, John Gleaves The Rise and Fall of Olympic Amateurism 9780252040351

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Автор: Matthew P Llewellyn, John Gleaves
Название: The Rise and Fall of Olympic Amateurism
ISBN: 9780252040351
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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История от древнейших времён до сегодняшнего дня

Спортивные мероприятия и их организация

Олимпийские и Паралимпийские игры

ISBN-10: 025204035X
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 280
Вес: 0.54 кг.
Дата издания: 15.08.2016
Серия: Sport and society
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 9 black and white photographs
Размер: 231 x 155 x 23
Ключевые слова: History: earliest times to present day, HISTORY / World,SPORTS & RECREATION / General,SPORTS & RECREATION / History,SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics
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For decades, amateurism defined the ideals undergirding the Olympic movement. No more. Todays Games present athletes who enjoy open corporate sponsorship and unabashedly compete for lucrative commercial endorsements.

Matthew P. Llewellyn and John Gleaves analyze how this astonishing transformation took place. Drawing on Olympic archives and a wealth of research across media, the authors examine how an elite--white, wealthy, often Anglo-Saxon--controlled and shaped an enormously powerful myth of amateurism. The myth assumed an air of naturalness that made it seem unassailable and, not incidentally, served those in power. Llewellyn and Gleaves trace professionalisms inroads into the Olympics from tragic figures like Jim Thorpe through the shamateur era of under-the-table cash and state-supported athletes. As they show, the increasing acceptability of professionals went hand-in-hand with the Games becoming a for-profit international spectacle. Yet the myth of amateurisms purity remained a potent force, influencing how people around the globe imagined and understood sport.

Timely and vivid with details, The Rise and Fall of Olympic Amateurism is the first book-length examination of the movements foundational ideal.

The Rise and Fall of Olympic Amateurism, Matthew P Llewellyn, John Gleaves