Cult of Body Online
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This collection comprises unique material on sports and physical culture in Russia, 1891-1919 and is particularly significant because sports provided opportunities for transitions from tradition to modernity: athletic competition broke down class barriers, brought women into public spaces, and encouraged new modes of behavior and self-presentation.
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Cult of Body Online, advisor: L. McReynolds, Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007 <http://brc.brill.semcs.net/browse/cult-of-body>