LEADER 02111nam 2200421 450 001 9910480683203321 005 20200331161240.0 010 $a80-246-4366-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000010327970 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6040112 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010327970 100 $a20200331d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSpartakiads $ethe politics of physical culture in Communist Czechoslovakia /$fPetr Roubal 210 1$aCzech Republic :$cKarolinum Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (425 pages) 225 1 $aVa?clav Havel series 311 $a80-246-3851-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aEvery five years from 1955 to 1985, mass Czechoslovak gymnastic demonstrations and sporting parades called Spartakiads were held to mark the 1945 liberation of Czechoslovakia. Involving hundreds of thousands of male and female performers of all ages and held in the world's largest stadium-a space built expressly for this purpose-the synchronized and unified movements of the Czech citizenry embodied, quite literally, the idealized Socialist people: a powerful yet pliant force directed by the regime. This book explores the political, social, and aesthetic dimensions of these mass physical demonstrations, with a particular focus on their roots in the vo?lkisch nationalism of the German Turner movement and the Czech Sokol gymnastic tradition. Featuring an abundance of photographs, Spartakiads takes a new approach to Communist history by opening a window onto the mentality and mundanity behind the Iron Curtain. 410 0$aVa?clav Havel series. 606 $aGymnastics$zCzechoslovakia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGymnastics 676 $a796.41 700 $aRoubal$b Petr$0993385 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480683203321 996 $aSpartakiads$92274519 997 $aUNINA