| Description |
xiv, 257 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Sport in the global society, 1368-9789 |
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Sport in the global society.
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| Contents |
Model of masculinity : Mussolini, the 'new Italian' of the Fascist era / Gigliola Gori -- Muscular Anschluss : German bodies and Austrian imitators / Wolfgang Weber and Paula Black -- Fascist political athletes and the body politic : Bulgaria reborn / Vassil Girginov and Peter Bankov -- The iconic symbolism of Niels Bukh : Aryan body culture, Danish gymnastics and Nordic tradition / Hans Bonde -- Fascists and Christians! in the Spanish martial tradition of the soldier-monk / Teresa González Aja -- Return to manhood : the cult of masculinity and the British Union of Fascists / Tony Collins -- Bodies from Brazil : Fascist aesthetics in a South American setting / Lamartine P. Da Costa and Plinio Labriola -- Militarism, sacrifice and emperor worship : the expendable male body in Fascist Japanese martial culture / J.A. Mangan and Takeshi Komagome -- Blue shirts, nationalists and nationalism : fascism in 1930s China / Fan Hong -- Epilogue : Prometheus past, present and future / J.A. Mangan |
| Notes |
Originally published as a special issue of The international journal of the history of sport, v.16 n.4, December 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Body image -- Political aspects.
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Fascism and art.
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Fascist aesthetics.
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Masculinity in art.
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Sports and state.
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Symbolism in politics.
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| Author |
Mangan, J. A. (James Anthony), 1939-
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| LC no. |
99058056 |
| ISBN |
0714649554 (cased) |
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0714680141 (paperback) |
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