GEOG 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Geopolitics, Consumerism, Emirates Stadium
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Went through the process of simplification and standardization. There were rules and standard from place to place. Sports became a full time and not a part time pleasure. That sport is spread through media, a key role player. Sport is a serious business: think race, gender, colonialism nationalism. If the concepts like division of labor: person has their special job, similarly nfl each player has their key job. Imperialism is one of the way in which sport disseminated, Class and sport, gender and sport, sport and the nation. Germany, italy and japan were given entry 30 years after. Munich games were significant because terrorist attack occurred. 1980"s olympics in moscow was boycotted by us and allies, los. A whole series of positive social values will come out, someone who puts the team first. Sports was seen as a sources of european citizenship values. An indian game accidently invented by the english.
