Foucault, sport and exercise
Subtitle: power, knowledge and transforming the self
By: Pirkko Markula and Richard Pringle.
Contributors: Pringle, Richard, 1964-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780415358620; 9780415358637; 9780203006504
Subjects: Foucault, Michel, -- 1926-1984 -- Influence; Body, Human -- Social aspects; Physical fitness -- Social aspects; Body image -- Social aspects; Mind and body; Power (Social sciences)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-244) and index.
Table of contents: title: Power, knowledge and the self : introduction to Foucauldian theorising; title: An introduction to Michel Foucault : his work, life and effect; title: Technologies of dominance : power, discourses and the disciplined bodies; title: Foucauldian interpretations of the body and lived experiences in sport and exercise; title: Knowledge and truth : discursive construction of the fit and healthy body; title: Exercise : disciplined into docile bodies; title: Sport and the discursive construction of gendered bodies; title: A discursive analysis of rugby experiences and the construction of gendered identities; title: Aesthetics of ethical self-stylisation; title: The technologies of the self; title: Aesthetic self-stylisation : mindful fitness as practice of freedom; title: The ethics of self-care : the academic self as a work of art; title: Ethical games of truth : critical pedagogy and collective stories.