KP141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary, Jesse Owens
10 Jul 2019
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Sport in the global age: see: dyreson: globalization. Sport used/sold over world globalization cosmopolitanism. Most well known person in china besides emperor is michael jordan. Sport as an esperanto universal language (dryerson) Kid playing in the slums of rio is playing the same game as the kid in the alps of. Yet divided along national lines: britain"s everest summit (1953): Edmund hillary (new zealand climber) and tenzing norgay (nepalese sherpa) Even though new zealand is not england, they are doing it on behalf of the queen. 400+ in expedition team (350+ porters, 20 sherpas) Britain made one successful attempt to climb to the top. Reached summit day of queen elizabeth"s coronation: modern olympics: Paris st. louis london stockholm. Coubertin is successfully moving it around the world. Linked up with world fairs (could last months) First overt political use of games (but not first use! Use of cutting edge tv broadcast technology. Nazi decorations, soldiers in uniform marches, propaganda speeches.
