The Regional Press as an Instrument for Sports Acculturation

A Case Study of Les Alpes Sportives in the Inter-war Years

Bibliographic Data

ID22939680
AuthorsNatalia Bazoge (Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société, corresponding author), Michaël Attali (0000-0001-8111-4496, Sport et environnement social), Yoan Grosset (Sport et environnement social), Nicolas Delorme (0000-0002-1320-4593, Lyon 1 Université)
Year2012
Volume29
Issue8
Pages1159-1176
Publication date2012-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe International Journal of the History of Sport (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-3367 • E-ISSN: 1743-9035
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09523367.2012.690227
OpenAlexW2094972389
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

In France, the inter-war years were a time when the sports movement was truly in need of structure and the media wanted to play a part in the process. At that time, sports practice was fairly limited and making it an integral part of French daily life was an essential goal. With this in mind, the French media took part in the popularisation of sports practice where the rationale seemed more concerned with its emergence rather than its development. Regional case studies can be helpful in pinpointing how social perspectives were viewed by the media, provided that they focus on the territories that reflected the national frame of mind. This allows for plausible generalisation. The Rhône-Alps region, more precisely the Grenoble valley, was typical in this respect. An in-depth study of a regional weekly sports newspaper, ‘Les Alpes Sportives’ (8 November 1919 – 5 May 1928), demonstrates how editorial leverage was used to convince readers to turn to sport and recognise its cultural worth.

Acculturation · Immigration · Leverage (statistics) · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Law · Physical education and sports games research · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society

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