Owning the Olympics: Narratives of the New China

by Daniel Dayan and Monroe E. Price

Book Overview

"A major contribution to the study of global events in times of global media. Owning the Olympics tests the possibilities and limits of the concept of 'media events' by analyzing the mega-event of the information age: the Beijing Olympics. . . . A good read from cover to cover."
--Guobin Yang, Associate Professor, Asian/Middle Eastern Cultures & Sociology, Barnard College, Columbia University

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047205032X
• ISBN13: 9780472050321
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.2"