»Should the ladies ride a bike?«
Female Cyclists and Female Body at the Turn of the 19th Century
Keywords:
sports, history of sport, cycling, women, female cyclistsAbstract
In his article the author presents multi-layered relations between the two simultaneously emerging phenomena of female emancipation and female cycling (and female sport activities in general) by analysing the opposing views of Anton Aškerc, a famous writer, to female cyclists and the replies to his views. Thus, female cycling as a massive and popular phenomenon at the turn to the 20th century depicts very interesting views on the role of female body in the period of modernisation, when the norms about what is healthy and beautiful were under the pressure of social changes.
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