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Sport, Bodily Habitus, and the Subject(s) of the Middle East

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2019

Paul A. Silverstein
Paul A. Silverstein*
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Department of Anthropology, Reed College, Portland, Oreg.; e-mail: [email protected]
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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , August 2019 , pp. 482 - 485
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