This article explores the problems associated with ‘national identity’ in the UK and examines the tensions arising between the international and local dimensions of the games through examples of domestic (UK) and international (Brazil, Chicago) media coverage of the key debates relating to London's period of preparation. The chapter proposes a conception of London 2012 as exemplar of an event poised to generate insights and experiences connected to a new politics of ‘cosmopolitan’ identity; insights central to grasping the cultural politics of contemporary urban development – and the paradoxes of national identity in current discourses of Olympism
This chapter examines how representations of Britain’s ‘imperial’ history continue to form an import...
International audienceIn 2012 London will come under the scrutiny of the entire world as athletes, s...
International audienceIn 2012 London will come under the scrutiny of the entire world as athletes, s...
This article explores the problems associated with ‘national identity’ in the UK and examines the te...
This article focuses on the dynamic relationship between media-sport and national identity in the co...
Nationalism and globalisation are two topics of great debate. In an increasingly connected world, th...
At the London 2012 Olympic Games, a football team representing Great Britain & Northern Ireland will...
At the London 2012 Olympic Games, a football team representing Great Britain & Northern Ireland will...
At the London 2012 Olympic Games, a football team representing Great Britain & Northern Ireland will...
This article considers the implications for athletes who hold a position as a ‘political symbol’ in ...
This article examined the context of social background on a London bid for the 2012 Olympics and a s...
Located within the broader urban shifts and transitions under the auspices of neo-liberal political ...
The 2012 London Olympic Games provided Britain a unique opportunity to celebrate its national identi...
This article examined the context of social background on a London bid for the 2012 Olympics and a s...
This article critically reflects upon media coverage of the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2014 G...
This chapter examines how representations of Britain’s ‘imperial’ history continue to form an import...
International audienceIn 2012 London will come under the scrutiny of the entire world as athletes, s...
International audienceIn 2012 London will come under the scrutiny of the entire world as athletes, s...
This article explores the problems associated with ‘national identity’ in the UK and examines the te...
This article focuses on the dynamic relationship between media-sport and national identity in the co...
Nationalism and globalisation are two topics of great debate. In an increasingly connected world, th...
At the London 2012 Olympic Games, a football team representing Great Britain & Northern Ireland will...
At the London 2012 Olympic Games, a football team representing Great Britain & Northern Ireland will...
At the London 2012 Olympic Games, a football team representing Great Britain & Northern Ireland will...
This article considers the implications for athletes who hold a position as a ‘political symbol’ in ...
This article examined the context of social background on a London bid for the 2012 Olympics and a s...
Located within the broader urban shifts and transitions under the auspices of neo-liberal political ...
The 2012 London Olympic Games provided Britain a unique opportunity to celebrate its national identi...
This article examined the context of social background on a London bid for the 2012 Olympics and a s...
This article critically reflects upon media coverage of the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2014 G...
This chapter examines how representations of Britain’s ‘imperial’ history continue to form an import...
International audienceIn 2012 London will come under the scrutiny of the entire world as athletes, s...
International audienceIn 2012 London will come under the scrutiny of the entire world as athletes, s...