Sport and Physical Culture in Occupied France - Authoritarianism, Agency, and Everyday Life (Hardcover)

Sport and physical culture in Occupied France examines the Vichy state's attempts to promote physical education and sports in order to rejuvenate French men and women during the Occupation. Through this cultural lens, it illuminates the central paradox of state power during the Vichy Regime. The state organised a centralised physical cultural programme meant to control and discipline French men and women. However, these activities instead empowered individuals and sporting associations to create spaces for individual expression, protect entrenched business enterprises, preserve republican institutions and organise sites for mutual aid and assistance. Based on extensive archival research, this innovative, multi-city analysis demonstrates how French sporting federations, associations and athletes appropriated Vichy's physical education directives to reshape the ideology of the state and serve their own local agendas. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in Modern French and Francophone History
Release date:	February 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Keith Rathbone
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-1-5261-5328-9
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	1-5261-5328-9
Barcode:	9781526153289

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