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Foucault, sport and exercise : power, knowledge and transforming the self / Pirkko Markula and Richard Pringle.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006Description: xii, 250 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415358620
  • 9780415358620
  • 0415358639
  • 9780415358637
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.483 22
LOC classification:
  • HM636 .M34 2006
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 306.483 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A375452B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 306.483 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Issued 30/09/2024 A375451B

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.

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