The invention of the athletic body

Based on two mythic figures − one belonging to classic Greece (the “Glowing Body”), and another to primitive Christianity (the “Heavenly Body”) − I reflect on the symbolic logic of exclusion as enacted in four moments in the history of the Olympic Games. The first has to do with the invention...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hortensia Moreno
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red 2013-01-01
Series:Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red
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Online Access:http://www.aibr.org/antropologia/netesp/numeros/0801/080103e.pdf