EVENT POWER: HOW GLOBAL EVENTS MANAGE AND MANIPULATE OF CHRIS ROJEK, EDITORA SAGE, 2013.

Authors

  • César Teixeira Castilho Paris-Sud University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.54966

Keywords:

Social control policies. Sports. Sociology.

Abstract

This review presents an analysis of British sociologist Chris Rojek’s book Event Power. Through critical writing, the author shows how large world events such as music festivals and sporting events are built nowadays. Much more than major popular expressions, such events should be understood as forms of social and ideological control. In times of major sporting events in Brazil such as FIFA World Cup 2014 and the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics, this work provides a critical outlook over the construction of this type of event. 

 

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Author Biography

César Teixeira Castilho, Paris-Sud University

Doutorando da Université Paris-Sud (Paris 11)

Mestre em Estudos do Lazer pela UFMG

Lincenciado em Educação Física pela UFMG

Membro do grupo de estudos SPOTS (Sports, Politiques et Transformations Sociales - Paris 11) e do grupo OTIUM (Lazer na América Latina - UFMG).

Bolsista do programa Ciências sem Fronteiras - CAPES - Brasil

Published

2015-12-11

How to Cite

CASTILHO, C. T. EVENT POWER: HOW GLOBAL EVENTS MANAGE AND MANIPULATE OF CHRIS ROJEK, EDITORA SAGE, 2013. Movimento, [S. l.], v. 22, n. 1, p. 347–352, 2015. DOI: 10.22456/1982-8918.54966. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/article/view/54966. Acesso em: 1 jul. 2025.

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Section

Book Reviews