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Autor/inn/en | McMahon, Jenny; DinanThompson, Maree |
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Titel | A Malleable Body--Revelations from an Elite Australian Swimmer |
Quelle | In: ACHPER Australia Healthy Lifestyles Journal, 55 (2008) 1, S.23-28 (6 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1445-8918 |
Schlagwörter | Foreign Countries; Aquatic Sports; Athletes; Achievement; Human Body; Body Weight; Eating Disorders; Eating Habits; Athletic Coaches; Australia |
Abstract | Australian Swimming functions on meritocratic principles as athletes are immersed in a culture that focuses on achievement. Meritocratic principles are accompanied by a technocentric ideology where a "swimmer body" is a commodity "viewed as an instrument and object for manipulation" (Baine, 1990, p. 29) in order to achieve success. This paper focuses on swimming as a social practice. My experiences as an Australian Swimming representative reveal how my body was viewed as a malleable object that was trained and manipulated to a perceived ideal for the sake of performance. As a consequence, I began purging (and complying) my body in an attempt to conform to an idealistic shape set by Australian team managers and coaches and other social regulators. (As Provided). |
Anmerkungen | Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. 214 Port Road PO Box 304, Hindmarsh, SA 5007, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8340-3388; Fax: +61-8-8340-3399; e-mail: membership@achper.org.au; Web site: http://www.achper.org.au |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2017/4/10 |