{"product_id":"olympic-opening-ceremonies-memory-and-modernity-9781032901244","title":"Olympic Opening Ceremonies: Memory and Modernity","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Daniel Malanski\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Olympics \u0026amp; Paralympics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to unpack the history and significance of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the frontispiece of the most watched event on Earth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering the period from the Moscow Olympics in 1980 to Tokyo 2020, the book examines when, how and why the Olympic opening ceremonies' artistic programme became the multi-act spectacles seen today. It argues that the embedded nationalistic, ethnic and environmental discourses contained in opening ceremonies have much to tell us about national narratives, memory and myth-making, about the history of representation, and about how the Olympics and the spectacle of mega-events are prisms through which local and global socio-political issues are refracted, from the climate crisis and the struggle for minority rights to the emergence of a multi-polar world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the sociology, culture, history or politics of sport and events, geopolitics or performance studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46439688667287,"sku":"9781032901244","price":12867.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781032901244.webp?v=1769112243","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/olympic-opening-ceremonies-memory-and-modernity-9781032901244","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}