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Sexual Diversity and the Sochi 2014 Olympics: No More Rainbows
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Sexual Diversity and the Sochi 2014 Olympics: No More Rainbows Hardcover - 2014 - 2014th Edition

by H. Lenskyj


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Sexual Diversity and the Sochi 2014 Olympics: No More Rainbows examines Russia's 2013 anti-gay laws and their implications for the Sochi 2014 Olympics. A century in the making, these laws reflect decades of sexual repression in the former Soviet Union. Despite societal changes since 1993, there is little acceptance of sexual diversity, and the 2013 anti-gay law has led to an increase in homophobic violence. In its inadequate response to yet another human rights crisis in an Olympic host country, the International Olympic Committee relied on the myth that sport is apolitical. Once again, this strategy was successful. Magical thinking that sport unites the world led many critics to oppose an Olympic boycott, although some supported boycotts of sponsors' products. Helen Jefferson Lenskyj argues that Putin's Russia and the IOC are, in fact, well matched. Common features include undemocratic governance, fraudulent voting processes, hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy in leadership, homophobia, lesbian/gay invisibility, and promotion of 'sport-as-special' propaganda.

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  • Title Sexual Diversity and the Sochi 2014 Olympics: No More Rainbows
  • Author H. Lenskyj
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 2014th
  • Edition 2014
  • Pages 124
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Palgrave Pivot
  • Date 2014-02-07
  • Features Dust Cover
  • ISBN 9781137399755 / 1137399759
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.44 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.12 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Russian
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Gender/Sexuality Studies
    • Sex & Gender: Lesbian
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.483

About the author

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj was Professor of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, Canada from 1986 until her retirement in 2007. She has been involved in a wide range of community activist groups since the 1970s. Her most recent publications include The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies (co-edited with S. Wagg) and Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry.

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