Olympia: A Cultural History 9780691210476, 9780691218533, 0691210470

A comprehensive and richly illustrated history of one of the most important athletic, religious, and political sites in

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Olympia: A Cultural History
9780691210476, 9780691218533, 0691210470

A comprehensive and richly illustrated history of one of the most important athletic, religious, and political sites in

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Leni Riefenstahl’s Olympia (1938) is one of the most controversial films ever made. Capitalising on the success of Trium

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Ugly as sin, the ugly duckling—or maybe you fell out of the ugly tree? Let's face it, we've all used the word

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A compelling history of British imperial culture, showing how it was adopted and subverted by colonial subjects around t

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