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

by Pirkko Markula, Richard Pringle, Pirkko Markula-Denison

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415358639
• ISBN13: 9780415358637
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.2"