Hegemonic Masculinity in Times of Crisis: 15 July Coup Attempt and the Turkish Football

2018-01-01
Alpan, Başak Zeynep
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In the evening of 15 July 2016, Turkey was shaken to its pieces by an unexpected yet abortive coup attempt. Just like the previous ones, this recent attempt to stage a coup had a substantial impact on various social and cultural realms including football. By developing a holistic approach to the notion of hegemonic masculinity (a concept coined by R. Connell) and assessing the interplay of hegemonic masculinity in the realm of ideology, state institutions and military on the one hand and that on football pitches on the other hand in their relationality, this chapter argues that the climate culminating around the attempted coup in Turkey witnessed an intense display of the already existing hegemonic masculinity structures, including those which could be seen in Turkish football.
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/72223
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Book / Book chapter

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B. Z. Alpan, Hegemonic Masculinity in Times of Crisis: 15 July Coup Attempt and the Turkish Football. 2018, p. 90.
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