HIST 3838 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Russian Empire, Red Sport International, Sovetsky Sport
20 Jan 2017
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Heroes and mythmaking in politicized international sport. Tutorial: sporting heroes: jackie robinson, learie constantine, hero headley. Today in sporting world it is about individuality, but also how the brand. & athletes image is represented to the world. 100 years ago more about the athlete itself and the skill, physique, Commercialization was vital to this process the atlantic but also across continental europe, including tsarist russia. 100 yrs ago you could construct the personal life of an athlete. Sorts heroes are defined by their athletic accomplishments and by the. Expansion of participation in sport in the (cid:498)west(cid:499) in the (cid:883)9(cid:884)(cid:882)s. Spread of new sports wresting, body building, bicycyling, football across. As media :coverage(cid:499) and presentation of sport grew so too have the number of sport (cid:499)heroes(cid:499) specific social and sport (cid:498)issues(cid:499) at play and their personal lives. Western sport seen as (cid:498)bourgeois(cid:499) and decadent. The russian monarchy sought prestige through sport.
