Foucault, sport and exercise : power, knowledge and transforming the self / Pirkko Markula and Richard Pringle.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.