Foucault, Sport and Exercise : Power, Knowledge and Transforming the Self

ISBN-13: 9780415358620 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 250 str.

Pirkko Markula; Richard Pringle

Opis

It is common for researchers in sport to make reference to Foucault or Foucauldian theory. This text offers an overview of work in this area, and explores the potential of Foucauldian theory to inform the study of sport, fitness and physical activity.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Power, Knowledge and the Self: Introduction to Foucauldian Theorising  1. An Introduction to Michel Foucault: His Work, Life and Effect  2. Technologies of Dominance: Power, Discourses and the Disciplined Bodies  Part 2: Foucauldian Interpretations of the Body and Lived Experiences in Sport and Exercise  3. Knowledge and Truth: Discursive Construction of the Fit and Healthy Body  4. Exercise: Disciplined into Docile Bodies  5. Sport and the Discursive Construction of Gendered Bodies  6. A Discursive Analysis of Rugby Experiences and the Construction of Gendered Identities  Part 3: Aesthetics of Ethical Self Stylisation  7. The Technologies of the Self  8. Aesthetic Self-Stylisation: Mindful Fitness as Practice of Freedom  9. The Ethics of Self-Care: The Academic Self as a Work of Art  10. Ethical Games of Truth: Critical Pedagogy and Collective Stories  Conclusion  Notes  References  Index

O autorze

Markula-Denison, Pirkko; Pringle, Richard