Jager, Jens (2018). A Fist on the Cover. Some Remarks on Visual Sources in Sports History. Hist. Soc. Res., 43 (2). S. 39 - 53. COLOGNE: GESIS LEIBNIZ INST SOCIAL SCIENCES. ISSN 0172-6404

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Abstract

Visual sources are extremely important for the understanding of the development of modern sports. Images in magazines, newspapers, books, collecting cards, and all the paraphernalia pertaining to sports shape the collective notion of what sports means and which values are connected with it. This article about a specific image which made a cover of the leading French sports magazine La Vie au Grand Air in 1908 explores the possibilities of historical analyses of media coverage in sports including images. The content of an image, its immediate and wider context including iconographic traditions and conventions and how they work together are taken into consideration. The special character of photographs in the media makes them pivotal for the contemporary promotion of sports and the specific way to imagine concepts of a modern body around 1900 and beyond as an outdoor activity and way of life.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Jager, JensUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-202454
DOI: 10.12759/hsr.43.2018.2.39-52
Journal or Publication Title: Hist. Soc. Res.
Volume: 43
Number: 2
Page Range: S. 39 - 53
Date: 2018
Publisher: GESIS LEIBNIZ INST SOCIAL SCIENCES
Place of Publication: COLOGNE
ISSN: 0172-6404
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
History; History Of Social Sciences; Social Sciences, InterdisciplinaryMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/20245

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