The Body as a Scene of Power: Beauty, Consumption, and Subjectivation in Foucauldian Thought

Authors

  • Dr. Naima BOUCHERIT

Keywords:

Body, power, Michel Foucault, biopolitics, discipline, subjectivation, consumer society, aesthetic norms, social control, beauty, media, normalization, identity, symbolic capital, control-stimulation.

Abstract

This article examines, through a Foucauldianperspective, the transformation of the body into a privileged site of power in contemporarysocieties.

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References

Michel Foucault, Surveiller et punir. Naissance de la prison, Paris, Gallimard, 1975, p. 172.

Michel Foucault, « Vérité et pouvoir », in Dits et Écrits II, Paris, Gallimard, 2001, p. 158

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Published

2022-04-01

How to Cite

Dr. Naima BOUCHERIT. (2022). The Body as a Scene of Power: Beauty, Consumption, and Subjectivation in Foucauldian Thought . Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 12(2), 263–275. Retrieved from https://pegegog.net/index.php/pegegog/article/view/5058

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2022): PEGEGOG

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