Olympic spectacle: Opening ceremonies and some paradoxes of globalization

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 583-602

  Tomlinson, Alan ^a  

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EID: 0030500525     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016344396018004005     Document Type: Article

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