Primary Source Collection Cult of Body: Sports and Physical Culture in Russia, 1891-1919

[Anja van Hoek]

IDC Publishers – a Brill imprint - is proud to announce the release of a major 
new collections in IDC's Mass Culture and Entertainment in Russia Series.

Cult of Body: Sports and Physical Culture in Russia, 1891-1919 
http://www.idc.nl/?id=528

This collection contains unique material about various forms of sports in 
Tsarist and Soviet Russia and offers extraordinary sources for researchers into 
a variety of topics. Sports are essential to the evolution of the modern 
personality in terms of health, competitiveness and team play. 
Tourism, another growth field in academic studies, relates directly to sports.  
Most significantly, contemporary interest in sexuality is informed by sports 
periodicals. Not only are gender roles transformed through sports, but the 
visuals in these publications illustrate emergent feminine and masculine ideals.

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