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Veiled women athletes in the 2008 Beijing Olympics: media accounts

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posted on 2014-08-14, 09:27 authored by Mahfoud Amara
The aim of this paper is to explore and to compare different international media accounts about the presence of veiled athletes in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In other words, to uncover whether the discourse of clash of cultures or that of cross-cultural dialogue has shaped their position about Islam, Muslim identities, Muslim women and the Muslim world in general. Furthermore, from the perspective of media in the Arab and the Muslim world, the purpose of the analysis is to explore their responses to international media, and to investigate their positions in relation to the host nation (China), Asian culture and the Olympics.

History

School

  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF SPORT

Volume

29

Issue

4

Pages

638 - 651 (14)

Citation

AMARA, M., 2012. Veiled women athletes in the 2008 Beijing Olympics: media accounts. International Journal of the History of Sport, 29(4), pp.638-651.

Publisher

© Taylor & Francis

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2012

Notes

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in the International Journal of the History of Sport on 26/04/2012, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2012.658194

ISSN

0952-3367

Language

  • en