Swimming Pretty

Swimming Pretty

EnglishEbook
Valosik, Vicki
Liveright
EAN: 9781324093053
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Since the nineteenth century, tensions between beauty and strength, aesthetics and athleticism have both impeded and propelled the careers of female swimmers-none more so than synchronised swimmers. In this deeply researched history, Vicki Valosik traces a century of aquatic performance for the first time, from Victorian variety theatre and carnival shows to the 1984 elevation of synchronised swimming to Olympic status. Writing in eloquent prose, Valosik shows how early starlets like Lurline the Water Queen and Annette Kellerman boldly challenged restrictive codes set for women in water; more than just bathing beauties, they influenced lifesaving and physical-education programmes, dropped drowning rates and paved the way for new generations of female swimming athletes. Brimming with reverence and mesmerising detail, Swimming Pretty finally foregrounds an essential sport.
EAN 9781324093053
ISBN 1324093056
Binding Ebook
Publisher Liveright
Publication date June 25, 2024
Pages 432
Language English
Country United States
Authors Valosik, Vicki