Turnen around the World

Annette R. Hofmann, Gerald Gems, Robert K. Barney, Western University , Karl Graf

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English

Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
15 December 2023

General & world history; European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; Gymnastics

Series: Sport, Identity, and Culture

Turnen around the World represents an international effort by an assemblage of prominent sport historians to detail and assess the worldwide scope, effects, and residual influences of the German Turnen movement over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A male nationalistic movement based on gymnastics and other physical activities established in response to the Napoleonic wars became even more political in the German Revolution of 1848. Refugees, colonizers, and immigrants spread the political and cultural aspects of Turnen throughout the world thereafter, with varying results that still resonate today. In some cases, Turnen societies resisted assimilation and took an isolationist stance retaining their own culture and language. In others they gradually assimilated, adapting and adopting the norms, standards, and values of the host cultures while establishing educational and physical culture practices that endured. In still other areas a nominal, but peripheral effect influenced local physical practices. Within Germany, the Turners remain the most substantial physical culture association in the country with more than five million members, around 70 percent being females.

Contributions by: Robert K. Barney Western University, Karl Graf, Gerald Gems
Edited by: Annette R. Hofmann, Gerald Gems
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 603g
ISBN: 9781666950489
ISBN 10: 1666950483
Series: Sport, Identity, and Culture
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 15 December 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Annette R. Hofmann is professor of sports studies at the Ludwigsburg University of Education in Germany. Gerald Gems is past president of the North American Society for Sport History.