The weight of expectation: Cathy Freeman, Legacy, Reconciliation and the Sydney Olympics – A Canadian Perspective (original) (raw)

The International Journal of the History of Sport, 2007

Abstract

This paper compares French- and English-language Canadian television coverage of Australian Aboriginal athlete Cathy Freeman during the 2000 Olympics using a narrative framework. The specific focus of the analysis is the representation of Freeman's political identity as an agent and symbol of Aboriginal reconciliation – the struggle for apology, reparatio, and social justice in the light of the history and legacy of

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