Cleaning the Cage: Mexico City's Preparations for the Olympic Games.

Předmět:	OLYMPIC Games (19th : 1968 : Mexico City Mexico) MEXICAN national character HISTORY of the Olympic Games FOLK culture MODERNIZATION (Social science) HISTORY SOCIAL conditions of Indigenous peoples of the Americas SOCIAL history
Zdroj:	International Journal of the History of Sport; May2009, Vol. 26 Issue 6, p790-813, 24p, 5 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph
Abstrakt:	This article discusses the changes made to Mexico City, Mexico in preparation for the 1968 Olympic games. The efforts of the organizing committee to increase the enthusiasm of the Mexican people for the games are described. The concerns of Mexican elites regarding the proper balance between accommodations for foreign tourists and the preservation of Mexican folk culture are considered. The author believes that the presentation of a modernized and cosmopolitan experience at the Olympics was undermined by the poverty and political repression that occurred in Mexico City.
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