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| Title: | Gymnastics & Politics
: Niels Bukh & Male Aesthetics |
| Author: | Hans Bonde; Translated by Simon Frost |
| ISBN: | 8772898275 : 9788772898278 |
| Illustrations: | 60 b/w illus |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 376 |
| Weight: | .974 Kg. |
| Published: | Museum Tusculanum Press - September 2006 |
| List Price: | 40 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Biography: sport: HISTORY: Fascism & Nazism: Gymnastics: Denmark |
The first international biography of Niels Bukh (1880-1950), the charismatic founder of the special Danish school of modern gymnastics. His team of young elite gymnasts travelled around the world demonstrating his gymnastics, and in Japan his school is still attracting thousands of pupils. Bukh's private life and his fascination with the German Nazi party makes him a very controversial figure even fifty years after his death. Includes a DVD with 131 film clips in Danish, English and Japanese.
Preface; Introduction; From Country Boy to National Symbol (1880-1930); The World Tour (1931); A new Olympia? (1935); New Continents (1938-1939); German Occupation (1940-1945); After the War (1945-1950); A Man and his Time; Archives; Bibliography; Danish Gymnastics in Full View.
"As well as a fine story about a complex person who has played such an important role both politically and in relation to the development of gymnastics, Bonde’s book includes numerous photographs of great interest plus a bonus DVD, making it an invaluable resource for historians and all who recognise the links between sport and politics as worthy of exploration." -- Dr. Wendy Varney, School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication, University of Wollongong, Australia.
