Tag: Salima Bhimani
A postcolonial analysis of the LGBT social movement and sport mega events
In her new book, The Sexual and Gender Politics of Sport Mega-Events: Roving Colonialism (Routledge), Heather Sykes studies the inclusion of the LGBT movement in mega sport-events, urging the former to recognise the exclusion of others in order for these events to take place. Maria Zuiderveld’s insightful review appreciates the book’s merits, while also pointing to its weaknesses.
