A Cultural History of the 1984 Winter Olympics: The Making of Olympic Sarajevo

This book examines the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games. It tells the story of the extensive infrastructural and socio-political transformation of the city in relation to hosting of the Games. Examining the changing global image of Sarajevo from the 1960s to the 1980s, the book explores how the promotion of the city as a future global tourist centre resulted in an increased awareness among its populace of the city's cultural particularities. The analysis discloses how the process of modenisation relating to hosting of the Olympics provided an opportunity to re-imagine the city as a particularly environmentally sensitive city. Placed within the field of studies of late socialism, the book offers important insights into Yugoslav society during the period, including those relating to the country's unique geopolitical position