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Sport in the Global Society Ser.: Italian Fascism and the Female Body : Sport, Submissive Women and Strong Mothers by Gigliola Gori (2004, Perfect)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100714682918

ISBN-139780714682914

eBay Product ID (ePID)2396354

Product Key Features

Number of Pages251 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameItalian Fascism and the Female Body : Sport, Submissive Women and Strong Mothers

SubjectGeneral, Parenting / Motherhood

Publication Year2004

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaFamily & Relationships, Sports & Recreation, History

AuthorGigliola Gori

SeriesSport in the Global Society Ser.

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2004-046795

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal796/.082/0945

SynopsisThis is the first text to examine women and sport in Italy during the period 1861-1945. To qualify and quantify the impact of fascism on Italian Women's sport, the author first of all examines the pre-fascist period in terms of female physical culture. The text then describes how during the fascist era, women moved strictly within a framework designed by medicine and eugenics, religious and traditional education. The country aspired to emancipation, as promised by the fascist revolution but emancipation was hard to advance under the fascist regime because of male hegemonic trends in the country. This book shows how the engagement of women in some sporting activity did promote and support some gender emancipation. The conclusion of the book demonstrates how, in the post-war period, women found it hard to advance further on, for a number of reasons., This is the first text to examine women and sport in Italy during the period 1861-1945. To qualify and quantify the impact of fascism on Italian women's sport, the author first examines the pre-fascist period in terms of female physical culture. The text then describes how during the fascist era, women moved strictly within a framework designed by medicine and eugenics, religious, and traditional education. The country aspired to emancipation, as promised by the fascist revolution, but emancipation was hard to advance under the fascist regime because of male hegemonic trends in the country. This book shows how the engagement of women in some sporting activity did promote and support some gender emancipation.

LC Classification NumberGV709.18.I8G67 2004