Working Out Desire: Women, Sport, and Self-Making in Istanbul

by Sertaç Sehlikoglu

Book Overview

Working Out Desire examines spor meraki as an object of desire shared by a broad and diverse group of Istanbulite women. Sehlikoglu follows the lat-est anthropological scholarship that defines desire beyond the moment it is felt, experienced, or even yearned for, and as something that is formed through a series of social and historical makings. She traces Istanbulite women's ever-increasing interest in exercise not merely to an interest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815636954
• ISBN13: 9780815636953
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.0" x 7.7"