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posted on 2014-08-14, 09:27 authored by Mahfoud AmaraThe 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
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF SPORTVolume
29Issue
4Pages
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 & FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2012Notes
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/10.1080/09523367.2012.658194ISSN
0952-3367Publisher version
Language
- en