1 option
National symbols at the Olympic games : an Olympics without flags? / Jorg Krieger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Krieger, Jörg, author.
- Series:
- Routledge focus on sport, culture and society
- Routledge focus on sport, culture and society.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Olympics.
- Signs and symbols.
- Flags--Social aspects.
- Flags.
- Nationalism and sports.
- Olympics--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (126 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
- Biography/History:
- Jr̲g Krieger is Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health at Aarhus University, Denmark. He also holds a Professor II position at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. He is a sport historian and leads the International Network for Doping Research, the Sport & Society Research Network, and the Lillehammer Olympic and Paralympic Studies Centre.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Raising the flag
- Internationalism, flags and the Olympics
- The paradox expanded
- The human factor
- Protests
- The great symbol's shortcomings
- Proposing new Olympic visions: a thought experiment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 14, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Krieger, Jörg. National symbols at the Olympic games
- ISBN:
- 9781003564058
- 1003564054
- 9781040297223
- 1040297226
- 9781040297209
- 104029720X
- Publisher Number:
- 40032664616
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.