Class and the Construction of the 19th Century German Male Body
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4301498 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Berit Elisabeth Dencker |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 220-251 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Historical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1909 • E-ISSN: 1467-6443 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-6443.00177 |
| OpenAlex | W1967857455 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Between 1848 and 1871, the German male identity created by the popular German gymnastics movement became a civilized bourgeois identity, distinguished from an aristocratic identity and one associated with manual labor. Bourgeois gymnasts initiated this process but the rest of the mainly petty bourgeois gymnasts eventually adopted the civilized identity embodied through gymnastics. Complementing studies that show that the bourgeoisie's increasing social dominance was reflected in the class-based restriction of access to voluntary associations, this article shows that it also involved the adoption of practices that expressed a restrictive bourgeois identity. The article challenges previous explanations of changing gymnastics practices and Pierre Bourdieu's emphasis on the role of class distinction in explaining changes in sports practices
Aesthetics · Art · Bourgeoisie · Dominance (genetics · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · German · Identity (music · Petite bourgeoisie · Political science · Social class · Sociology · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |