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CZŁOWIEKISPOŁECZEŃSTWOT.XXXVI-Z.1-2013
NAMEETAMATHUR
WOMEN’SPHYSICALCULTUREINPOLAND
FROMTHELATE19THCENTURY
UNTILTHECOLLAPSEOFCOMMUNISM
ABSTRACT.MathurNameeta,Women’sphysicalcultureinPolandfromthelate19thcenturyuntilthe
collapseofcommunism[KulturafizycznakobietwPolsceodkońcaXIXwiekudoupadkukomu-
nizmu]editedbyH.Jakubowska-„CzłowiekiSpołeczeństwo”,vol.XXXVI,iss.1,Poznań2013,
pp.15-38.AdamMickiewiczUniversityPress.ISBN978-83-232-2671-0.ISSN0239-3271.
Women’sphysicalcultureinPolandfromthelatenineteenthcenturyuntilthecollapseofcommu-
nismwasdramaticallyinfluencedbythedualforcesofnationalismandfeminism.Thisarticle
deconstructsthepressreportageascontainedinsportsnewspapersandwomen’speriodicalsand
magazinestoexaminethemotivationsandopportunitiesthatenabledwomentodeveloptheir
physicalityandthechallengestheyconfrontedinenrichingtheirphysicalculture.Thevariedstruggles
fornationalindependenceandwomen’sconcernstoachievegreaterequitywithmencreatedsig-
nificantspacesforsportswomentobuildtheirphysicalculture,andinsodoing,theymadesignifi-
cantcontributionstothefeministgoalsofself-awarenessandself-authorization,albeitwithinthe
boundariesofastillpatriarchal,nationalistagenda.
NameetaMathur,SaginawValleyStateUniversity,314BrownHall,7400BayRoad,University
Center,MI48710,U.S.A.
Women’sparticipationinsports,physicaleducation,massculturalpa-
rades,andmilitarymarches,allcollectivelyreferredtoasphysicalculture,
wasdramaticallyinfluencedbythedualforcesofnationalismandfemi-
nism,howevervariedtheirdefinitionsinthehistoryofPoland.Accord-
ingly,thisarticledeconstructsthepressreportageascontainedintheleading
sportsnewspapersandpopularwomen’speriodicalsandmagazinestoexam-
inethemotivationsandopportunitiesthatenabledPolishwomentode-
veloptheirphysicalityandthechallengestheyconfrontedinenrichingtheir
physicalculturefromthelatenineteenthcenturyuntilthecollapseofcom-
munismin1989.Theevaluationofsportsfromitsdistaffsideinformshow
sportswomenwereimagined,understood,andpropagandizedbythestate