Representing the Nation: Sport and Spectacle in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

摘要

When Mexico City hosted the Olympics in 1968, it was the first time that a developing nation or a Spanish-speaking country had held the games. Latin America would have to wait nearly 50 years to be awarded this opportunity again, in Rio de Janeiro in 1016. Claire and Keith Brewster's carefully researched and highly insightful book recounts the story of the 1968 Summer Games, from Mexican elites' struggle to win the bid from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to foreign and domestic doubts regarding the country's ability to host the games successfully, to the games themselves and their legacy in Mexico and beyond. However, this clearly argued account is not just about the Olympics. Rather, it treats the games as a window on to Mexicans' struggle to represent themselves as a nation during the 1960s and the social contradictions that made this such a difficult task.