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annie birraux: the vicissitudes of heroic identification

The author investigates the outcome of identification work in the training of elite athletes, particularly in disciplines where the desired goal is to become a monetized object. This article situates the issue within a fetishistic economic context where the appropriation of the psychical body is still a great feat.

Adolescence, 2014, 32, 2, 273-281.