Sexual diversity and the Sochi 2014 Olympics : no more rainbows / Helen Jefferson Lenskyj.

"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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Lenskyj, Helen (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Basingstoke] : Palgrave Pivot, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and Background
  • Russia: Sex, Demographics and LGBT Activism
  • Sex, Gender, Sport, Politics: Russia and the West
  • Nationalism, Boycotts and the Olympic Industry
  • Conclusion: The Olympic Industry and Putin's Russia.