Italian Fascism and the Female Body: Sport, Submissive Women and Strong Mothers (Sport in the Global Society)

Gori Gigliola

ISBN 10: 0714682918 / ISBN 13: 9780714682914

Published by Taylor & Francis Group, 2004

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pp. 256.

Seller Inventory # 18338506

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Italian Fascism and the Female Body: Sport, Submissive Women and Strong Mothers (Sport in the Global Society)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714682918
• ISBN 13: 9780714682914
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 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.

About the Author

Gigliola Gori