The German Turners and the taming of radicalism in Chicago.

Autor/in	Gems, Gerald
Titel	The German Turners and the taming of radicalism in Chicago.
Quelle	Aus: Pfister, Gertrud (Hrsg.): Gymnastics, a transatlantic movement. From Europe to America. London: Routledge (2010) S. 38-57Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-0-415-58703-7
Schlagwörter	Ideologie; Fallstudie; Soziale Anpassung; Arbeiterbewegung; Deutschland; Ideologie; Sozialer Konflikt; Sozialismus; Turnen; Sportunterricht; USA; Fallstudie; Kulturkonflikt; Turnbewegung; Soziale Anpassung; Sozialer Konflikt; Arbeiterbewegung; Kulturkonflikt; Sozialismus; Weltkrieg I; Sportaktivität; Sportgeschichte; Sportunterricht; Turnbewegung; Turnen; 19. Jahrhundert; 20. Jahrhundert; Deutschland; USA
Abstract	The German Turner movement, a nationalistic gymnastic enterprise, migrated to the United States in the aftermath of the failed revolution of 1848. It quickly took hold in American cities with sizable German populations. Many German Turners espoused liberal philosophies, including Marxist, socialist and anarchist sympathies in their political views. They assumed leadership roles in politics, education and the labour movement; but those radical sympathies dissipated overtime in the United States. This case study of Chicago, the centre of the American labour movement and a bastion of Turnerism in the United States, examines and analyzes the transition of Turner ideology and practice, from initial radicalism to incorporation within the mainstream political system, and from a focus on gymnastics to adoption of American sport forms. That transition occurred rather rapidly, largely over a period of two generations, by which time American Turners admitted that they had little in common with their European brethren. The article offers insights into the complex nature of sport, ideology and practice within the process of cultural flow. Verf.-Referat.
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2011/3