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The other Olympians : fascism, queerness, and the making of modern sports  Cover Image Book Book

The other Olympians : fascism, queerness, and the making of modern sports / Michael Waters.

Summary:

"The story of the groundbreaking trans athletes and Olympic bureaucrats who set the stage for today's culture wars"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374609818 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: viii, 354 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1. Triumph -- Part 2. Enter the Nazis -- Part 3. Surveillance -- Part 4. After Berlin.
Subject: De Bruyn, Willy.
Koubek, Zdenĕk, 1913-1986.
Smętek, Witold, 1910-1983.
Weston, Mark, 1905-
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.
Antisemitism > Europe.
Intersex athletes > Europe.
Olympic athletes > Europe.
Sexism in political culture > Europe.
Transgender athletes > Europe.
Genre: Biographies.
Personal narratives.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch 796.0867094 Wat 31681010376481 NONFIC Available -

Michael Waters has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Wired, Slate, and Vox, among other publications. He was the 2021–2022 New York Public Library Martin Duberman Visiting Scholar in LGBTQ studies and lives in Brooklyn, New York.


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