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• Title:Foucault, sport and exercise : power, knowledge and transforming the self / Pirkko Markula and Richard Pringle.
  
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• Author/Creator:Markula, Pirkko, 1961-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Pringle, Richard, 1964-
  Taylor & Francis eBooks - CRKN
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• Published/Created:London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
  

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  • Call Number: HM636
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984--Influence.
  Human body--Social aspects.
  Physical fitness--Social aspects.
  Body image--Social aspects.
  Mind and body.
  Power (Social sciences)
  
• Subject(s):Electronic books.
  
• Description:1 online resource
  
• Terms governing use:Access may be restricted to institutions with a site license.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0415358620
  0415358639
  
• Contents:Introduction
  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
  Conclusion.