The Ottoman World of Sports by Murat C. Yildiz (Hardback Book)

Name: The Ottoman World of Sports by Murat C. Yildiz (Hardback Book)
Brand: University of Texas Press

University of Texas Press

A revision of the history of modern sports in late Ottoman Istanbul, showing how Muslims, Christians, and Jews created a shared sports culture that was simultaneously global, imperial, and local.\n The history of sports in Turkey is deeply contested. Over the decades, journalists, pundits, non-professional historians, and everyday people have offered competing narratives about the origins of modern sports in the late Ottoman Empire. \nThe Ottoman World of Sports tells the story of how Istanbul\u2019s Muslims, Christians, and Jews-gymnastics teachers, football coaches, weightlifters, journalists, athletes, and fans-created a gendered and class-stratified civic project that promoted athletics as a source of fun, beauty, and moral education. Influenced by the emerging global vogue for organized\n\nThe Ottoman World of Sports\nRefashioning Bodies, Men, and Communities in Late Imperial Istanbul\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using;