Living with London's Olympics

An Ethnography
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-49855-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2873 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology

The quadrennial summer Olympic Games are renowned for producing the world's biggest single-city cultural event. This mega-event attracts a live audience of millions, a television audience of billions, and generates incredible scrutiny before, during, and after each installment. This is due to the fact that underpinning the 17 days of spectacular sporting events is approximately a decade worth of planning, preparing, and politicking. It is during this decade that prospective host cities must plan and win their bids before embarking upon seven years of urban upheaval and social transformation in order to stage the world's premier sporting event. This book draws on seven years of ethnographic inquiry around the London 2012 Olympics and contrasts the rhetoric and reality of mega-event delivery. Lindsay argues that in its current iteration the twin notions of beneficial Olympic legacies and Olympic delivery benefits for hosting communities are largely incompatible.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lindsay, I.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Prologue Introduction: In Pursuit of Olympic Gold
1. The New(Ham) World
2. The 2012 Transition: Process and Politics
3. Newham Divide and Document
4. Life in the Shadow of the Olympic Torch
5. Employment and Capital Gains
6. The Rings of Exclusion
7. Securitization: The Olympic Lockdown? 8. Big Game Hunting: Baiting the Hooks
9. Going for the Gold: The All-Consuming 2012 Ethos
10. Conclusion: Extinguishing the Olympic
Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Iain Lindsay is Visiting Lecturer in the School of Sport and Education at Brunel University, UK.