Tag: Stephen R. Wenn

By placing scholars from various disciplines side-by-side on the common topic of the Olympic Games, JOS (available in both print and electronic format and marketed to a global scholarly audience) aims to promote and encourage a multi-disciplinary understanding of the Olympic Movement. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Viva Mexico! The Cultural Politics Behind the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Bid by Edgar Jesus Campos; Douglas Hartmann.

Putting scandals, terrorism and boycotts as well as pure sporting achievements to the side, Stephen R. Wenn and Robert K. Barney zoom in on the ever important issues of marketing, media rights and brand management in their own take on Olympic history, The Gold in the Rings: The People and Events that Transformed the Olympic Games (University of Illinois Press). Martin Friis Andersen found that the book has much to commend it.