Download or read book Olympic Ceremonialism and The Performance of National Character written by R. Tzanelli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the London 2012 opening and closing ceremonies and the handover to Rio 2016 as articulations of national and cosmopolitan belonging. The ceremonial performances supported imaginative travel and created a tornadóros: an ideal form of 'human' that manipulates audiovisual narratives of culture and identity for global audiences.