ISBN:
9780415358620
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (263 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Foucault and Sport : Power, Knowledge and Transforming the Self
DDC:
306.483
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Michel Foucault's work profoundly influences the way we think about society, in particular how we understand social power, the self, and the body. This book gives an innovative and entirely new analysis of is later works making it a one-stop guide for students, exploring how Foucauldian theory can inform our understanding of the body, domination, identity and freedom as experienced through sport and exercise. Divided into three themed parts, this book considers:Foucault's ideas and key debatesFoucault's theories to explore power relations, the body, identity and the construction of social prac
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Power, knowledge and the self: Introduction to Foucauldian theorising; Chapter 1 An introduction to Michel Foucault: His work, life and effect; Chapter 2 Technologies and dominance: Power, discourses and the disciplined bodies; Part 2 Foucauldian interpretations of the body and lived experinces in sport and exercise; Chapter 3 Knowledge and truth: Discursive construction of the fit and healthy body; Chapter 4 Exercise: Disciplined into docile bodies
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 5 Sport and the discursive construction of gendered bodiesChapter 6 A discursive analysis of rugby experiences and the construction of gendered identities; Part 3 Aesthetics of ethical self-stylisation; Chapter 7 The technologies of the self; Chapter 8 Aesthetic self-stylisation: Mindful fitness as practice of freedom; Chapter 9 The ethics of self-care: The academic self as a work of art; Chapter 10 Ethnical games of truth: Critical pedagogy and collective stories; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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