Gymnastics and politics : Niels Bukh and male aesthetics / Hans Bonde.

Niels Bukh. English

DVD-VIDEO entitled: Niels Bukh : a visual documentation on gymnastics and politics 1912-1952.

Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 2006.

376 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm + 1 videodisc (122 mins : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)

Translation: Simon R. Frost.

"The point of departure for this work is my doctoral thesis on Niels Bukh, published in two volumes, in Danish, by the publishers for the University of Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press, in 2001"--Preface.

From country boy to national symbol (1880-1930) -- The world tour (1931) -- The Nazi awakening (1933-1934) -- A new Olympia? (1935) -- Cooperation with Germany (1936-1938) -- New continents (1938-1939) -- German occupation (1940-1945) -- After the war (1945-1950) -- Sport and politics -- A man and his time.

includes bibliographical references.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-348).

DVD-VIDEO in Danish, English and Japanese.