Femmes et activités physiques sous le régime de Vichy : politiques et enjeux médicaux

This paper examines the political and medical ideas of women’s sport and physical education during the Second World War in France. The study uses national and private archives to show how, although women’s sport was not a priority either for politicians or doctors under the Vichy regime, they noneth...

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Main Author: Fatia Terfous
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Association Mnémosyne
Series:Genre & Histoire
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/genrehistoire/3181
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description This paper examines the political and medical ideas of women’s sport and physical education during the Second World War in France. The study uses national and private archives to show how, although women’s sport was not a priority either for politicians or doctors under the Vichy regime, they nonetheless raised the participation of French women in physical and sporting activities into a patriotic imperative. Sport and maternity were conceived of in close association in a perspective focused on the survival of the race. After having examined political and medical conceptions of women’s sport and physical education, this paper concludes with the question of how medical power participated in the institutionalization of women’s sport and what effects it had on the development of sports policy.
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Femmes et activités physiques sous le régime de Vichy : politiques et enjeux médicaux
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gender
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sport
physical education
policy
doctor
title Femmes et activités physiques sous le régime de Vichy : politiques et enjeux médicaux
title_full Femmes et activités physiques sous le régime de Vichy : politiques et enjeux médicaux
title_fullStr Femmes et activités physiques sous le régime de Vichy : politiques et enjeux médicaux
title_full_unstemmed Femmes et activités physiques sous le régime de Vichy : politiques et enjeux médicaux
title_short Femmes et activités physiques sous le régime de Vichy : politiques et enjeux médicaux
title_sort femmes et activites physiques sous le regime de vichy politiques et enjeux medicaux
topic gender
war
sport
physical education
policy
doctor
url https://journals.openedition.org/genrehistoire/3181
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