Biopolitics and the repressive hypothesis of the body: the case of swimming training in Finland

Iris Marion Young, a feminist theoretician, argued that patriarchal society inhibits women to cultivate capable bodies. In contrast, Foucauldian arguments have stressed that to view a certain historical situation as a consequence of repression, overlooks how the idea of repression is already a produ...

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Main Author: Elina Vaahtera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stockholm University Press 2015-07-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
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Online Access:https://www.sjdr.se/articles/318