Superman Supreme

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-7146-4955-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 217 mm, Gewicht: 521 g

Reihe: Sport in the Global Society

The supremacy of the global fascist superman never became a reality but was certainly an intention. This work explores the use of the image of the male body in European, American and Asian fascism of varying degrees and various interpretations, and the differences and similarities involved.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mangan, J. A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport, Sportwissenschaft: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Faschismus, Rechtsextremismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen: Menschen, Häusliches Umfeld

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue: global fascism and the male body - ambitions, similarities and dissimilarities, J.A. Mangan; model of masculinity - Mussolini, the new Italian of the fascist era, Gigliola Gori; muscular Anschluss - German bodies and Austrian imitators, Wolfgang Weber, Paula Black; fascist political athletes and the body politic - Bulgaria reborn, Vassil Girginov, Peter Bankov; the iconic symbolism of Neils Bukh - Aryan body culture, Danish gymnastics and Nordic tradition, Hans Bonde; fascists and Christians! in the Spanish martial tradition of the soldier-monk, Teresa Gonzalez Aja; return to manhood - the cult of masculinity and the British Union of Fascists, Tony Collins; bodies from Brazil - fascist aesthetics in a South American setting, Lamartine P. da Costa, Plinio Labriola; militarism, sacrifice and emperor worship - the expendable male body in Japanese martial culture, J.A. Mangan, Takeshi Komagome; blueshirts, nationalists and nationalism - fascism in 1930s China, Fan Hong.

Über Autor(innen)

Mangan, J A