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PALGRAVE STUDIES IN SPORT AND POLITICS MAX SC...

This book presents the first in-depth study of the German boxer Max Schmeling (1905-2005) as a
national hero and representative figure in Germany between the 1920s and the present day. It
explores the complex relationship between sport  culture  politics and national identity and
draws on a century of journalism  film  visual art  life writing and fiction. Detailed chapters
analyse Schmeling's emergence as an icon in the Weimar Republic  his association with America 
his celebrity status in the Third Reich  and his rivalry with Joe Louis as a focus for an
extraordinary propaganda and ideological contest. The book also examines how Schmeling's
post-war success in business associated him with the culture of the 'zero hour' nation in the
era of 'economic miracle'  and how he was later claimed as 'good German' and moral example for
a post-war generation of Germans determined to 'come to terms' with the past. This book will
appeal to readers with an interest in the history and representation of sport and boxing  in
sports discourse and political culture  and in questions of national identity in modern German
history.

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