The (Un)Contaminanted Image of a Sports Spectacle
– Between the Authorities of the Sspectacle and the Spectacle of Power Cover Image

(Nie)skażony obraz widowiska sportowego – między władzą spektaklu a spektaklem władzy
The (Un)Contaminanted Image of a Sports Spectacle – Between the Authorities of the Sspectacle and the Spectacle of Power

Author(s): Agnieszka Zalewska-Meler
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pomorskiej w Słupsku
Keywords: cultural spectacle; culture of sport shows; ideological patterns of sport struggles; moral erosion of sport performances; OG’36 syndrome

Summary/Abstract: This article concerns the issue of recognition and de nition of a sports spectacle in terms of a cultural spectacle. The genesis of sports performances and their social background was pre- sented, and the conditions that must be met for something to be regarded as a sports spectacle were speci ed. Examples of the use of the sport events (including the Olympic Games) for political manipulation and propaganda were analyzed, as well as references to the categories of racial prejudice, discrimination and xenophobia. The analysis of photography was used to characterize the relationship between politics and sport, which is presented synthetically.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 329 - 351
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish