The Olympics at the Millennium

by Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie

• ISBN13: 9780813528205
• ISBN10: 0813528208
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

Author Biography

E. John B. Allen is an emeritus professor of history at Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire, and historian for the New England Ski Museum, Franconia, New Hampshire Cheryl L. Cole is associate professor of kinesiology, sociology, and women's studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Trace A. DeMeyer has spent most of the past five years writing for News from Indian Country, a national independent Native-owned newspaper, and has been editor of the regional newspaper Ojibwe Akiing, based on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation in Wisconsin. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater from the University of Wisconsin-Superior George Eisen is a professor of sociology and history at Amherst College Lynn Embrey is a senior lecturer in the School of Biomedical and Sports Science at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia Darren J. Godwell is a research fellow with the Centre for Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management in Australia Allen Guttmann teaches at Amherst College C. Keith Harrison is a former student athlete and coach and teaches race relations and sports and social sports history at the University of Michigan Leslie Heywood is associate professor of English and cultural studies at SUNY, Binghamton Ian Jobling is an associate professor in sport and Olympic history in the department of human movement studies and director of the Centre for Physical Activity and Sport Education at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Heather Kestner has begun graduate studies at the London School of Economics Vikki Krane is an associate professor in the School of Human Movement, Sport, and Leisure Studies at Bowling Green State University, Ohio Donna Lopiano is currently executive director of the Women's Sports Foundation Lisa Meekison is a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Oxford University Toby Miller teaches cinema studies at New York University Andrea Mitchell is a postgraduate student in the department of English at the University of Queensland, Australia Cynthia Nadalin competed as a canoeist in the 1960 Rome Olympics. She is presently completing a master's degree in women's studies at La Trobe University in Melbourne Kay Schaffer is associate professor in the department of social inquiry at the University of Adelaide Sidonie Smith is professor of English and women's studies and director of women's studies at the University of Michigan Alan Tomlinson is professor of sports and leisure studies, in sports and leisure cultures, Chelsea School Research Centre, University of Brighton, United Kingdom John Tulloch is professor of media communication at Cardiff University, Wales Jennifer J. Waldron is a doctoral student in the department of kinesiology at Michigan State University Helen Yeates teaches film, media, and feminist studies at Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
List of Tables	xi
Introduction
The Games at the Millennium	1	(18)
Kay Schaffer
Sidonie Smith
PART ONE Cultural Difference and ``Elite'' Sports
The Olympics in Retrospect: Winners, Losers, Racism, and the Olympic Ideal	19	(19)
Cynthia Nadalin
Honor Restored: Jim Thorpe's Olympic Medals	38	(13)
Trace A. DeMeyer
Jewish Athletes and the ``Nazi Olympics''	51	(12)
Allen Guttman
Heather Kestner
George Eisen
Racing with Race at the Olympics: From Negro to Black to African American Athlete	63	(9)
C. Keith Harrison
``We Showed the World the Nordic Way'': Skiing, Norwegians, and the Winter Olympic Games in the 1920s	72	(19)
E. John B. Allen
PART TWO Masculinities/Femininities/Sexualities
Men of the Game	91	(8)
Toby Miller
The Girls of Summer: Social Contexts for the ``Year of the Woman'' at the '96 Olympics	99	(18)
Leslie Heywood
Women's Sports: Coming of Age in the Third Millennium	117	(11)
Donna A. Lopiano
One Chromosome Too Many?	128	(19)
Cheryl L. Cole
The Gay Games: Creating Our Own Sports Culture	147	(20)
Vikki Krane
Jennifer Waldron
PART THREE The Olympics: Drama, Spectacle, Media
Carrying the Torch for Whom? Symbolic Power and Olympic Ceremony	167	(15)
Alan Tomlinson
Whose Ceremony Is It Anyway? Indigenous and Olympic Interests in the Festival of the Dreaming	182	(15)
Lisa Meekison
Who's Sorry Now? Drugs, Sports, and the Media toward 2000	197	(16)
Andrea Mitchell
Helen Yeates
The Olympics of the Everyday	213	(11)
Kay Schaffer
Sidonie Smith
Terrorism, ``Killing Events,'' and Their Audience: Fear of Crime at the 2000 Olympics	224	(19)
John Tulloch
PART FOUR Politics at the Games
The Olympic Branding of Aborigines: The 2000 Olympic Games and Australia's Indigenous Peoples	243	(15)
Darren J. Godwell
Bidding for the Olympics: Site Selection and Sydney 2000	258	(14)
Ian Jobling
Sports for All? The Politics of Funding, Nationalism, and the Quest for Gold	272	(15)
Lynn Embrey
References	287	(12)
Notes on Contributors	299	(6)
Index	305