Power and Bodily Practice: Applying the Work of Foucault to an Anthropology of the Body
In opposition to theories of power which focus on the domination of one group by another, Michel Foucault coined the term "biopower" to refer to the ways in which power manifests itself in the form of daily practices and routines through which individuals engage in self-surveillance and se...
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University of Arizona, Department of Anthropology
1998
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/110194 |