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The public dimension of the body became paramount in the first half of the 20th century, when the image of the modern man, with his virile stereotypes, became a cliché, in strict connection with nation building first and totalitarian ideologies later. Yet, different cultural and educational trends advocated for life reform and liberation of the body. Both the metaphorical and the material body were invested by cultural, religious, political and educational theories and practices with strong links and similarities but also national differences.

Thanks to an international scholarly work about body education in ten European countries, this volume allows a wide comparative analysis about life reform; physical education and sport; children’s bodies, emotions, hygiene and (ab)normality.



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Body education, life-reform, young people’s and women’s body

Physical education and sport

Children’s bodies: emotions, hygiene and (ab)normality in pedagogical ideas

Education and the Body in Europe (1900-1950):

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: 21/12/2020
      ISBN13: 9783631835647, 978-3631835647
      ISBN10: 3631835647

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The public dimension of the body became paramount in the first half of the 20th century, when the image of the modern man, with his virile stereotypes, became a cliché, in strict connection with nation building first and totalitarian ideologies later. Yet, different cultural and educational trends advocated for life reform and liberation of the body. Both the metaphorical and the material body were invested by cultural, religious, political and educational theories and practices with strong links and similarities but also national differences.

      Thanks to an international scholarly work about body education in ten European countries, this volume allows a wide comparative analysis about life reform; physical education and sport; children’s bodies, emotions, hygiene and (ab)normality.



      Table of Contents

      Body education, life-reform, young people’s and women’s body

      Physical education and sport

      Children’s bodies: emotions, hygiene and (ab)normality in pedagogical ideas

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