
Exploring Regimes of Discipline
The Dynamics of Restraint
Noel Dyck(Editor)
Berghahn Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 2008
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-84545-401-2 (ISBN)
Description
The pursuit and practice of discipline have become near ubiquitous elements of contemporary social life and parlance, as discipline has become a commonplace and ever sought-after social technology. From the celebrated "discipline of the market" proclaimed by neo-liberal politicians, to self-actualizing experiences of embodied discipline proffered by martial arts instructors, this volume showcases highly varied and complex disciplinary practices and relationships in a set of ethnographic studies. Interrogating the respective fields of work, religion, governance, leisure, education and child rearing, together the essays in this volume explore and offer new ways of thinking about discipline in everyday life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Illustrations
Bibliography; Index
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Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
403 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84545-401-2 (9781845454012)
DOI
10.3167/9781845454012
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Noel Dyck has written extensively on the relations between aboriginal peoples and nation-states. His current research and publications explore interconnections between anthropology, childhood, sport and embodied identities. He is professor of social anthropology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.
Content
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Anthropological Perspectives on Discipline: An Introduction to the Issues
Noel Dyck
Chapter 2. The Legacy of Vieskeri: Performativity and Discipline in Amateur Trotting Racing in Finland
Susanne Adahl
Chapter 3. Targeting Immigrant Children: Disciplinary Rationales in Danish Pre-schools
Helle Bundgaard and Eva Gullov
Chapter 4. The Discipline of Being Hospital Porters: Transcending Hierarchy and Institution
Nigel Rapport
Chapter 5. Governance as a Regime of Discipline
Susan Wright
Chapter 6. Creatively Sculpting the Self through the Discipline of Martial Arts Training
Tamara Kohn
Chapter 7. The Fertile Body and Cross-Fertilization of Disciplinary Regimes: Technologies of the Self in a Polish Catholic Youth Movement
Esther Peperkamp
Chapter 8. The Practice of Discipline and the Discipline of Practice
Peter Collins
Notes on Contributors
Bibliography
Index
Chapter 1. Anthropological Perspectives on Discipline: An Introduction to the Issues
Noel Dyck
Chapter 2. The Legacy of Vieskeri: Performativity and Discipline in Amateur Trotting Racing in Finland
Susanne Adahl
Chapter 3. Targeting Immigrant Children: Disciplinary Rationales in Danish Pre-schools
Helle Bundgaard and Eva Gullov
Chapter 4. The Discipline of Being Hospital Porters: Transcending Hierarchy and Institution
Nigel Rapport
Chapter 5. Governance as a Regime of Discipline
Susan Wright
Chapter 6. Creatively Sculpting the Self through the Discipline of Martial Arts Training
Tamara Kohn
Chapter 7. The Fertile Body and Cross-Fertilization of Disciplinary Regimes: Technologies of the Self in a Polish Catholic Youth Movement
Esther Peperkamp
Chapter 8. The Practice of Discipline and the Discipline of Practice
Peter Collins
Notes on Contributors
Bibliography
Index