Physical culture and sport in Soviet society : propaganda, acculturation, and transformation in the 1920s and 1930s /
"From its very inception the Soviet state valued the merits and benefits of physical culture, which included not only sport but also health, hygiene, education, labour and defence. Physical culture propaganda was directed at the Soviet population, and even more particularly at young people, wom...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2013
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| Series: | Routledge research in sports history ;
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Culture of the body
- 2. The genesis and organization of Soviet Fizkulʹtura
- 3. The creation of an ideal young citizen
- 4. The quest for an enlightened female citizen
- 5. The pursuit of a rural civilized citizen
- 6. Visualizing the new Soviet citizenry
- 7. The new Soviet citizen in reality