The whole world was watching : sport in the Cold War
This state-of-the-field volume seeks to understand the cultural phenomenon of sports in the Cold War in its fullest social, political, cultural and global dimensions. Essays from an international lineup of contributors consider sport as a vital sphere for understanding the complex geopolitics and cu...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Stanford, California : Stanford University Press,
2019
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Cold War International History Project series
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| Schlagworte: | World politics-1945-1989 Cold War-Influence Sports and state-History-20th century Sports-Political aspects-History-20th century Sports Sports and state Cold War World politics Cold War-Influence. Sports and state-History-20th century. mehr... |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 334 Seiten) |
| Zusammenfassung: | This state-of-the-field volume seeks to understand the cultural phenomenon of sports in the Cold War in its fullest social, political, cultural and global dimensions. Essays from an international lineup of contributors consider sport as a vital sphere for understanding the complex geopolitics and cultural politics of the time, not just in terms of commerce and celebrity, but also with respect to shifting notions of race, class, and gender. Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Explaining Cold War Sport Robert Edelman and Christopher Young -- PART I: THE UNITED STATES -- 1 In the "Twilight Warzone": Overt and Covert Dimensions of the US Sports Offensive -- 2 "No Quarrel with Them Vietcong": Muhammad Ali's Cold War -- PART II: THE SOVIET UNION -- 3 Breaking the Ice: Alexei Kosygin and the Secret Background of the 1972 Hockey Summit Series -- 4 Action in the Era of Stagnation: Leonid Brezhnev and the Soviet Olympic Dream -- 5 Soccer Artistry and the Secret Police: Georgian Football in the Multiethnic Soviet Empire -- 6 Russian Fever Pitch: Global Fandom, Youth Culture, and the Public Sphere in the Late Soviet Union -- PART III: GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC -- 7 Eulogy to Theft: Berliner FC Dynamo, East German Football, and the End of Communism -- 8 Sports, Politics, and "Wild Doping" in the East German Sporting "Miracle" -- 9 "The Most Beautiful Face of Socialism": Katarina Witt and the Sexual Politics of Sport in the Cold War -- PART IV: ASIA -- 10 Learning from the Soviet Big Brother: The Early Years of Sport in the People's Republic of China -- 11 "The Communist Bandits have Been Repudiated": Cold War-Era Sport in Taiwan -- 12 New Regional Order: Sport, Cold War Culture, and the Making of Southeast Asia -- PART V: THE POSTCOLONIAL -- 13 Negotiating Colonial Repression: African Footballers in Salazar's Portugal -- 14 Deflected Confrontations: Cold War Baseball in the Caribbean -- 15 Ambivalent Solidarities: Cultural Diplomacy, Women, and South-South Cooperation at the 1950s Pan American Games -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 334 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9781503611016 1503611019 9781503610187 1503610187 |