Foucault, sport and exercise : power, knowledge and transforming the self /
Markula, Pirkko, 1961-
Foucault, sport and exercise : power, knowledge and transforming the self / Pirkko Markula and Richard Pringle. - xii, 250 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-244) and index.
Power, knowledge and the self : introduction to Foucauldian theorising -- An introduction to Michel Foucault : his work, life and effect -- Technologies of dominance : power, discourses and the disciplined bodies -- Foucauldian interpretations of the body and lived experiences in sport and exercise -- Knowledge and truth : discursive construction of the fit and healthy body -- Exercise : disciplined into docile bodies -- Sport and the discursive construction of gendered bodies -- A discursive analysis of rugby experiences and the construction of gendered identities -- Aesthetics of ethical self-stylisation -- The technologies of the self -- Aesthetic self-stylisation : mindful fitness as practice of freedom -- The ethics of self-care : the academic self as a work of art -- Ethical games of truth : critical pedagogy and collective stories.
0415358620 9780415358620 0415358639 9780415358637
2006011572
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 --Influence.
Human body--Social aspects
Physical fitness--Social aspects
Body image--Social aspects
Mind and body
Power (Social sciences)
HM636 / .M34 2006
306.483
Foucault, sport and exercise : power, knowledge and transforming the self / Pirkko Markula and Richard Pringle. - xii, 250 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-244) and index.
Power, knowledge and the self : introduction to Foucauldian theorising -- An introduction to Michel Foucault : his work, life and effect -- Technologies of dominance : power, discourses and the disciplined bodies -- Foucauldian interpretations of the body and lived experiences in sport and exercise -- Knowledge and truth : discursive construction of the fit and healthy body -- Exercise : disciplined into docile bodies -- Sport and the discursive construction of gendered bodies -- A discursive analysis of rugby experiences and the construction of gendered identities -- Aesthetics of ethical self-stylisation -- The technologies of the self -- Aesthetic self-stylisation : mindful fitness as practice of freedom -- The ethics of self-care : the academic self as a work of art -- Ethical games of truth : critical pedagogy and collective stories.
0415358620 9780415358620 0415358639 9780415358637
2006011572
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 --Influence.
Human body--Social aspects
Physical fitness--Social aspects
Body image--Social aspects
Mind and body
Power (Social sciences)
HM636 / .M34 2006
306.483