Sports films and ‘banal’ nationalism in interwar Belgium : Flandria film, mythomoteurs and the cult of the ‘Flandriens’
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- Daniël Biltereyst (UGent) and Roel Vande Winkel
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- This chapter on the relationship between media, sports and nationalism discusses the significant role of non-fiction sports films in interwar Flanders, the northern part of Belgium. As a case study, this chapter concentrates on the long series of successful sports and cycling films produced by the Flemish political activist and filmmaker Clemens De Landtsheer (1894–1984) and his Flandria Film company. The contribution argues that De Landtsheer’s films exploited the myth of the flandriens, or successful Flemish cyclists who were portrayed as strong heroic figures who combined willpower with courage, perseverance and sporting success. The sports films boosted the public image of the flandriens and their relation to a ‘banal’ Flemish nationalist ideology. This chapter, which is inspired by a constructivist perspective in theories on nationalism and identity, argues for the importance of cinema for the imaginary construction of collective identities and nationalities.
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8568926
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- Biltereyst, Daniël, and Roel Vande Winkel. “Sports Films and ‘banal’ Nationalism in Interwar Belgium : Flandria Film, Mythomoteurs and the Cult of the ‘Flandriens.’” Sport, Film and National Culture, edited by Seán Crosson, Routledge, 2020, pp. 79–93, doi:10.4324/9780429327018-8.
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- Biltereyst, D., & Vande Winkel, R. (2020). Sports films and “banal” nationalism in interwar Belgium : Flandria film, mythomoteurs and the cult of the “Flandriens.” In S. Crosson (Ed.), Sport, film and national culture (pp. 79–93). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429327018-8
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- Biltereyst, Daniël, and Roel Vande Winkel. 2020. “Sports Films and ‘banal’ Nationalism in Interwar Belgium : Flandria Film, Mythomoteurs and the Cult of the ‘Flandriens.’” In Sport, Film and National Culture, edited by Seán Crosson, 79–93. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429327018-8.
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- Biltereyst, Daniël, and Roel Vande Winkel. 2020. “Sports Films and ‘banal’ Nationalism in Interwar Belgium : Flandria Film, Mythomoteurs and the Cult of the ‘Flandriens.’” In Sport, Film and National Culture, ed by. Seán Crosson, 79–93. London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429327018-8.
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- 1.Biltereyst D, Vande Winkel R. Sports films and “banal” nationalism in interwar Belgium : Flandria film, mythomoteurs and the cult of the “Flandriens.” In: Crosson S, editor. Sport, film and national culture. London: Routledge; 2020. p. 79–93.
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- [1]D. Biltereyst and R. Vande Winkel, “Sports films and ‘banal’ nationalism in interwar Belgium : Flandria film, mythomoteurs and the cult of the ‘Flandriens,’” in Sport, film and national culture, S. Crosson, Ed. London: Routledge, 2020, pp. 79–93.
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booktitle = {{Sport, film and national culture}},
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pages = {{79--93}},
publisher = {{Routledge}},
series = {{Routledge research in sport, culture and society}},
title = {{Sports films and ‘banal’ nationalism in interwar Belgium : Flandria film, mythomoteurs and the cult of the ‘Flandriens’}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.4324/9780429327018-8}},
year = {{2020}},
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