Women’s sport as a symbol of modernity: a case study in Turkey
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Women’s sport as a symbol of modernity : a case study in Turkey. / Pfister, Gertrud Ursula; Hacısoftaoğlu, Ilknur.
In: International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol. 33, No. 13, 2016, p. 1470-1482.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Women’s sport as a symbol of modernity
T2 - a case study in Turkey
AU - Pfister, Gertrud Ursula
AU - Hacısoftaoğlu, Ilknur
N1 - CURIS 2016 NEXS 402
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Turkey has a distinctive position with regard to its geography and history among Muslim countries. Particular features are its secular system and far reaching modernization processes particularly with respect to the ‘emancipation’ of women. The aim of this paper is to describe and analyze sport and body politics as part of the modernization processes in Turkey and to explore in particular the multiple roles of different groups of women in the reforms initiated by the Turkish Governments. A focus will be on the intersecting influences of gender and social class. The famous archaeologist Halet Çambel will be used as an example of the ‘modern’ woman who embodied reformist ideologies. Çambel was the daughter of an elite family; she was born in Berlin where her father was an attaché at the Turkey embassy. She studied in France and participated in the Olympic Games in 1936. She and another Turkish fencer were the first women from a Muslim country to participate in the Olympic Games. Later she became the most famous archaeologist in Turkey and she stayed physically active all her life. In particular, horse riding became a favourite activity as she travelled to archaeological sites on horseback.
AB - Turkey has a distinctive position with regard to its geography and history among Muslim countries. Particular features are its secular system and far reaching modernization processes particularly with respect to the ‘emancipation’ of women. The aim of this paper is to describe and analyze sport and body politics as part of the modernization processes in Turkey and to explore in particular the multiple roles of different groups of women in the reforms initiated by the Turkish Governments. A focus will be on the intersecting influences of gender and social class. The famous archaeologist Halet Çambel will be used as an example of the ‘modern’ woman who embodied reformist ideologies. Çambel was the daughter of an elite family; she was born in Berlin where her father was an attaché at the Turkey embassy. She studied in France and participated in the Olympic Games in 1936. She and another Turkish fencer were the first women from a Muslim country to participate in the Olympic Games. Later she became the most famous archaeologist in Turkey and she stayed physically active all her life. In particular, horse riding became a favourite activity as she travelled to archaeological sites on horseback.
KW - Fencing
KW - Halet Çambel
KW - Muslims
KW - Olympic Games
KW - Women’s sport
U2 - 10.1080/09523367.2017.1293045
DO - 10.1080/09523367.2017.1293045
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85017109815
VL - 33
SP - 1470
EP - 1482
JO - International Journal of the History of Sport
JF - International Journal of the History of Sport
SN - 0952-3367
IS - 13
ER -
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