Abstract

SCHARAGRODSKY, Pablo. Nationality, Masculinity and Politics in Relation to Swimming. The Argentine Press and the First Swimming Crossing of the English Channel in 1923. Hist. Soc. [online]. 2021, n.41, pp.93-119.  Epub July 28, 2021. ISSN 0121-8417.  https://doi.org/10.15446/hys.n41.84920.

The article explores the meanings produced by the press after the first swim crossing of the English Channel -from France to England- by the Italian-Argentine Enrique Tiraboschi in 1923. Analyzing a variety of primary sources, specially the general and sports press, as well as considering the contributions of social and cultural history of sports and gender studies, this article focuses its attention on the dominant senses that were transmitted and built around nationality, Argentine Italian identity and masculinity. We problematized the promoted swimming crossing of the Anglo-French channel as an excuse to identify the dominant identity, masculine and national logics in Argentina, as well as the tensions and disputes produced within the framework of that process. Among the results we highlight the relevance of sporting events when producing a modern and national male body project, as well as the resistance generated from the same project.

Keywords : swimming; sports; masculinity; nationality; policies; press; Argentina; Italy; fascism; English Channel; twentieth century.

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