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Max Schmeling and the Making of a National Hero in Twentieth-Century Germany
Jon Hughes
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Description for Max Schmeling and the Making of a National Hero in Twentieth-Century Germany
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics. Num Pages: 20 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book presents the first in-depth study of the German boxer Max Schmeling (1905-2005) as a national hero and representative figure in Germany between the 1920s and the present day. It explores the complex relationship between sport, culture, politics and national identity and draws on a century of journalism, film, visual art, life writing and fiction. Detailed chapters analyse Schmeling’s emergence as an icon in the Weimar Republic, his association with America, his celebrity status in the Third Reich, and his rivalry with Joe Louis as a focus for an extraordinary propaganda and ideological contest. The book also examines how ... Read more
This book presents the first in-depth study of the German boxer Max Schmeling (1905-2005) as a national hero and representative figure in Germany between the 1920s and the present day. It explores the complex relationship between sport, culture, politics and national identity and draws on a century of journalism, film, visual art, life writing and fiction. Detailed chapters analyse Schmeling’s emergence as an icon in the Weimar Republic, his association with America, his celebrity status in the Third Reich, and his rivalry with Joe Louis as a focus for an extraordinary propaganda and ideological contest. The book also examines how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics
Number of Pages
329
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319511351
SKU
V9783319511351
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About Jon Hughes
Jon Hughes is Senior Lecturer in German and Cultural Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is the author of a monograph on the journalist and novelist Joseph Roth, and has also published on topics including the ‘New Objectivity’, mountaineering in Austrian culture and the representation of sport.
Reviews for Max Schmeling and the Making of a National Hero in Twentieth-Century Germany
“Hughes is clear that his intentions are not biographical his chronological treatment of Schmeling’s life makes for an engagingly readable book. The writing is clear and straightforward, readily accessible to advanced undergraduate or nonspecialists, while the generous quotation of primary sources in the original German alongside the author’s translation would also make this useful in a graduate seminar or for ... Read more