Sport, the French, and the Third Republic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12281186 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Holt (0000-0002-1614-5795, De Montfort University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 289-299 |
| Publication date | 1998-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern & Contemporary France (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0963-9489 • E-ISSN: 1469-9869 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09639489808456434 |
| OpenAlex | W2081927320 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
It was between the 1880s and the 1930s that French sport took on its modern shape. The defeat of 1870 led to a dramatic growth in paramilitary forms of exercise, especially German‐style group gymnastics, which were gradually overtaken by athletics, football and rugby. These ‘sports anglais’ began as bourgeois activities but were democratised between the wars when commercial spectator sport, especially the Tour de France, also became firmly rooted in popular culture. There was a sharp conflict between catholic and state‐run clubs in the belle époque whilst the interwar ‘sport ouvrier’ movement of socialists and communists challenged the Right's conception of sport as source of social and military discipline. The small town sociability of the Third Republic favoured male sporting associations but hampered female initiatives until the later 1930s
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |