Abstract

For ages humans have been gliding over snow and sliding on ice. These are traditions kept alive in many parts of the world, making important parts of national and local cultures and identities. The papers contained in this book represent the historical perspectives on winter sports and games of 15 countries. The authors and their contributions are: I. Winter identities: 1. Bo, Olav: Skiing throughout history; 2. Goksoyr, Matti: Winter sports and the recreation of a Norwegian national identity at the turn of the 19th century; 3. Ljunggren, Jens: The Nordic Games, nationalism, sports and cultural conflicts; 4. Hansen, Jorn: "Come to Norway - my friend" - Danish winter sport as tourism; 5. Einarsson, Thorstein: Winter sport in Iceland; 6. Vaiksaar, Arnold; Mainla, Enn: Winter sport in Estonian sports culture; 7. Qilu, Liu;Yueye, Liu: Sport on ice and snow in ancient China; 8. Salter, Michael A.: Iroquoian snow-snake; A structural-functional analysis; 9. Metcalfe, Alan: An analysis of the historical development of winter sport: A case study of Canada, 1807-1993. II. Olympic Games on winter surface: Krueger, Arnd: The history of the Olympic Winter Games, the invention of a tradition; 11. Morgan, Dan: Ice climbing's Olympic aspirations - a perilous pursuit; 12. Slowikowski, Synthia S.: Circumventions/incorporations: The ancient Greek ideal and the 1924 Winter Olympic Games; 13. Renson, Roland: Why winter sports at the Antwerp Olympic Games 1920?; 14. Mandeau-Kraemer, Wolf: Latin America and the Winter Olympics - a "blank spot" in history; III. Skiing myths and skiing history; 15. Allen, E.;John, B.: The world wide diffusion of skiing to 1940; 16. Mo, Kristen: The development of skiing as a competitive sport, Morgedal - the cradle of skiing: Fact or fiction? 17. Ulmrich, Ekkehart: Facts and fiction in the history of skiing; 18. Teja, Angela: The Central Military School of Alpinism of Aosta and evolution of winter sports in Italy; IV. Winter sport: The gender perspective; 19. Pfister, Gertrud: Gracefully and elegantly downhill..., women and the sport of skiing in Germany, 1890-1914; 20. Trangboek, Else: Gender and skating - about meaningfulness for women; 21. Lippe, Gerd von der: Skiing, gender and nationalism in Garmisch, 1936; 22. Kuznetsova, Zinaida;Kuznetsov, Alexandre: Women's contribution to winter sports in Central Russia (the Tatar and Udmurt Republics); V. Winter sports: The individual perspective; 23. Ueberhorst, Horst: Fridtjof Nansen and the development of skiing in Central Europe; 24. Eichenberger, Lutz: Fridtjof Nansen - the originator of skiing in Switzerland? 25. Jurek, Tomasz: Bronislaw Czech and Stanislaw Marusarz - legends of Polish skiing; VI. Politics and winter sports; 26. Lindroth, Jan; The Nordic Games, Swedish-Nowegian relations and politics, 1905-1913 - a study of sport and politics in conflict; 27. Gori, Gigliola: Fascist Italy at the Winter Olympic Games 1936; 28. Riordan, Jim: Sports diplomacy between Scandinavia and Russia. Inhaltsverzeichnis