@book{a34fb164d0294a73a1978cc29b36993a,
title = "Max Schmeling and the Making of a National Hero in Twentieth-Century Germany",
abstract = "The first in-depth study of German boxer and national hero, Max Schmelling (1905-2005). Assesses a wide range of evidence drawn from contemporary print and broadcast media, prose fiction and poetry, film, life writing, the visual arts and museums and heritage. Examines Schmeling{\textquoteright}s emergence as an icon in the Weimar Republic, his association with America, his celebrity status in the Third Reich, and his rivalry with Joe Louis as a focus for an extraordinary propaganda and ideological contest.",
keywords = "Max Schmeling",
author = "Jonathan Hughes",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-51136-8",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-319-51135-1",
series = "Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
edition = "1 ",
}