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

In December 1935, Zdeněk Koubek, one of the most famous sprinters in European women's sports, declared he was now living as a man. Around the same time, the celebrated British field athlete Mark Weston, also assigned female at birth, announced that he, too, was a man. Periodicals and radio prog...

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Main Author:	Waters, Michael, 1997- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2024].
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	De Bruyn, Willy. Koubek, Zdeněk, > 1913-1986. Smętek, Witold, > 1910-1983. Weston, Mark, > 1905- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Antisemitism > Europe. Fascism and sports. Intersex athletes > Europe. Olympic athletes > Europe. Sexism in political culture > Europe. Transgender athletes > Europe. SPORTS & RECREATION / General.