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Politization of the Body: A Case Study on Turkish Athlete Surryya Ayhan

30 November 2005

Does a top athlete's body belong to him- or herself? Or does it belong to the whole nation?

Olcay Canbulat speaks at Play the Game 2005 about the athlete being an object of desire for national and political success and achievement using as a case study the example of Turkish athlete Surryya Ayhan.

Read the conference presentation paper here

 

 

 

 
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