Middle East Studies

“Fair to Swear? Gendered formulations of fairness in football in Turkey”

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

12:00pm – 2:00pm

Giddings 212, 128 Hope Street, Providence, 02912 United States

Talk by Dr. Yağmur Nuhrat of Istanbul Bilgi University
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
In Giddings 212 @ 12:00 p.m.

yagmur talk
“Fair to Swear? Gendered formulations of fairness in football in Turkey”

This talk focuses on homophobic football chants in Turkey to demonstrate that fans construct a specifically masculine notion of fairness that diverges from the universalizing ideal of fair play. he argues that Turkish Football Federation’s (TFF), clubs’ and mainstream media’s anti-swearing campaigns and policies, ostensibly to uphold fair play, miss how fans gender fairness by referring to the masculine ideal of the crazy/hot-blooded young man (delikanlı). In addition, he critiques the mission TFF ascribes to women fans, delineating them as natural and naturally polite guardians of an imposed sense of fair play.

Turkey
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