Remaking the Male Body - Masculinity Uses of Physical Culture in Interwar Vichy France

Zusatztext Joan Tumblety's fascinating book sheds new light on topics in which medicine, physical culture, media, and politics intersect. Informationen zum Autor Joan Tumblety teaches History at the University of Southampton. Her recent research has focused on the cultural and gender history of early to mid-twentieth century France, with a special interest in masculinity. Her current project examines the interface between scientific discourse and popular culture. She recently served as co-editor of the interdisciplinary journal Modern & Contemporary France (2006-2011). Klappentext The first monograph to explore the imagined link between male athletic prowess and national strength in interwar France. It ultimately sheds light on the roots of Vichy's project for masculine regeneration after the military defeat of 1940. Zusammenfassung The first monograph to explore the imagined link between male athletic prowess and national strength in interwar France. It ultimately sheds light on the roots of Vichy's project for masculine regeneration after the military defeat of 1940. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Physical culturists, masculine ideals, and social hygiene 2: The body of the citizen-soldier: physical education and the state 3: Male bodies between associative life and consumer spectacle: the mass press and popular sporting practice 4: The uses of sport and physical culture in mass politics: mobilizing the 'new man', 1918-1934 5: Mass culture and mass politics, 1934-1940 6: The defeat of French manhood and the Vichy imagination Conclusion Bibliograhy

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• Authors: Joan Tumblety, Joan (Lecturer in History Tumblety, Tumblety Joan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2012
• EAN: 9780199695577
• ISBN: 978-0-19-969557-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Guides > Sport; Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; France, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, Sociology: sport and leisure, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects