Foucauldian biopower in action: the case of sports events for the disabled in Taiwan, 1972–1992

Cheng Hao Huang*, P. David Howe, Mei Chun Lin

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摘要

This paper explores the development of sports for individuals with disabilities in Taiwan from its inception in 1972 to 1992. We start by outlining games hosted at the national level and highlight how and why they were the first of their kind in the Sinophone world. Data are collected using Foucault’s genealogical method, and we use the concept of biopower to explore the state apparatus through which individuals with disabilities are controlled. This highlights how the Games for the Disabled were not simply a means to provide sporting opportunities but were also a vehicle through which the biopower of the sovereign was exerted. By staging the games, the authorities of Taiwan achieved the goal of governing bodies with disabilities in an effort to make subjugated citizens aware that individuals with disabilities should be utilised to contribute towards the nation’s greater good.

原文英語
頁(從 - 到)494-511
頁數18
期刊Sport in Society
26
發行號3
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 文化學習

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