Markula, Pirkko,  1961- <br/><br/>
Foucault, sport and exercise :  power, knowledge and transforming the self / 
Pirkko Markula and Richard Pringle. 
 - xii, 250 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-244) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415358620 9780415358620 0415358639 9780415358637 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006011572 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 --Influence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human body--Social aspects<br/>Physical fitness--Social aspects<br/>Body image--Social aspects<br/>Mind and body<br/>Power (Social sciences)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM636  / .M34 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.483