Girls’ Gymnastics in the Service of the Nation: Educationalisation, Gender and Swedish Gymnastics in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, Swedish gymnastics won a large following across the world. Employing the concepts of educationalisation and gender, I will explore how the physical education of girls was conceptualised and justified in the Swedish system during the latter half of the n...

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Main Author: Johannes Westberg
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Umeå University 2017-12-01
Series:Nordic Journal of Educational History
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Online Access:http://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/njedh/article/view/95