TY - JOUR
T1 - Intellectuals and warriors
T2 - The ideological and political basis of Francoist University sport, 1933-1946
AU - Mirabet, Raquel
AU - Pujadas, Xavier
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018/7/24
Y1 - 2018/7/24
N2 - Examining the use of sport by totalitarian regimes during the interbellum period reveals that politicians saw the potential of sport not only for patriotic expression and international exhibition but also as a means to exert control over youth. Francoism participated in such uses of sport, imitating German and Italian organizations’ development of a youth sport structure. The Franco regime emphasized sport in universities to the extent that it made physical education a required subject to obtain a degree. This study’s primary objective is to reconstruct the doctrinal genesis of Francoist university sport, tracing it to the years before the Spanish Civil War, specifically noting the international influences that sustained it and the draft regulations that gave it legal standing despite resistance from both university youth and from sport. To this end, documentary sources are analyzed, including archival material, printed sources (legal decrees written during the period examined in this study and historical accounts of the subject), publications of Falange and related organizations, and speeches and proclamations from Falange and the Sindicato Espa~nol Universitario (SEU).
AB - Examining the use of sport by totalitarian regimes during the interbellum period reveals that politicians saw the potential of sport not only for patriotic expression and international exhibition but also as a means to exert control over youth. Francoism participated in such uses of sport, imitating German and Italian organizations’ development of a youth sport structure. The Franco regime emphasized sport in universities to the extent that it made physical education a required subject to obtain a degree. This study’s primary objective is to reconstruct the doctrinal genesis of Francoist university sport, tracing it to the years before the Spanish Civil War, specifically noting the international influences that sustained it and the draft regulations that gave it legal standing despite resistance from both university youth and from sport. To this end, documentary sources are analyzed, including archival material, printed sources (legal decrees written during the period examined in this study and historical accounts of the subject), publications of Falange and related organizations, and speeches and proclamations from Falange and the Sindicato Espa~nol Universitario (SEU).
KW - Francoism
KW - Physical education
KW - Spain
KW - Sport and authoritarianism
KW - University sport
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063757359&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09523367.2019.1582523
DO - 10.1080/09523367.2019.1582523
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85063757359
SN - 0952-3367
VL - 35
SP - 1176
EP - 1197
JO - International Journal of the History of Sport
JF - International Journal of the History of Sport
IS - 11
ER -