Gymnastics, a Transatlantic Movement
From Europe to America
Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 4 August 2010
- ISBN 9780415587037
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages200 pages
- Size 246x174 mm
- Weight 530 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book offers a complete understanding of the role of gymnastics and expressive movements in cultural and ideological transmission over time and identifies the impact of these concepts on American physical education, sports systems and sports cultures.
It was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
MoreLong description:
This book explores, analyses, and explains divergent ideologies and practices of gymnastics in selected European nations. It reconstructs the ex- and import processes from Europe to America and determines the processes, interrelationships and transformations of these "transatlantic movements" in their new home country. The book offers a more complete understanding of the role of gymnastics and expressive movements in cultural and ideological transmission over time and identifies the impact of these concepts on American physical education, sports systems and sports cultures.
The main focus of the book lies in the two decades before and after World War I. This concentration on a specific historical epoch allows us to identify parallel, but also different developments of the various forms of gymnastics and of the transfer and implementation processes.
The volume covers the transfer and impact of German Turnen, Czech Sokol and the Delsarte system in North America. In addition, it traces the influences of French gymnastics in South America and describes the tours of the world-renowned Danish gymnastic reformer Nils Bukh in both Americas. A focus will be the "import" of gymnastics, but also on the adaption processes of these different concepts and their integration into the American culture.
This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
MoreTable of Contents:
1. Prologue: Gymnastics ? Divergent European Principles and Practices and American Transformative Reactions and Responses Gertrud Pfister 2. The Role of German Turners in American Physical Education Gertrud Pfister 3. The German Turners and the Taming of Radicalism in Chicago Gerald Gems 4. From Jahn to Lincoln: Transformation of Turner Symbols in a New Cultural Setting Annette Hofmann 5. Our Brothers Across the Ocean: The Czech Sokol in America to 1914 Claire E. Nolte 6. French Gymnastics in Brazil: Dissemination, Diffusion and Relocalization Thierry Terret and Leomar Tesche 7. Globalization Before Globalization: Niels Bukh and the American Connection Hans Bonde 8. American Delsartism: Precursor of an American Dance Art Nancy Lee Chalfa Ruyter 9. Transatlantic Traffic in Expressive Movement: From Delsarte and Dalcroze to Margaret H'Doubler and Rudolf Laban Patricia Vertinsky 10. Body Regimes: Swedish Gymnastics in the United States Jan Lindroth 11. Epilogue: Gymnastics from Europe to America Gertrud Pfister
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