1st Edition
Representing the Nation Sport and Spectacle in Post-revolutionary Mexico
1. Prologue: The Genre of Sport as a Means to an End 2. Sport and Society in Post-revolutionary Mexico 3. The Rank Outsider: Mexico City’s Bid for the 1968 Olympic Games 4. Pride and Prejudice: Foreign Perceptions of Mexico as an Olympic Host 5. Cleaning the Cage: Mexico City’s Preparations for the Olympic Games 6. The Mexican Student Movement of 1968: An Olympic Perspective 7. Mexico City’s Hosting of the 1968 Olympic Games 8. Epilogue: The Legacy of the Mexico City Olympics
Biography
Claire Brewster is lecturer in Latin American history at the University of Newcastle.
Keith Brewster is senior lecturer in Latin American history at the University of Newcastle.
"Representing the Nation is not concerned with Olympic sport itself but seeks to place the games within the wider context of the role of sport in politics and society. Over the course of these chapters three main themes emerge: the ‘indigenous problem’, Mexico’s determination to be acknowledged as a ‘first world’ country, and its status as leader of the ‘Third World’."–Christopher Wagner
