We don't use machines, we build them: CrossFit, the body, and Technologies of self

• Main Author: Madamba, Rafaella Maria H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Identity (Philosophical concept); Identity (Psychology); Individuality; Body image; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/14891
• Institution: De La Salle University

This research examines identity formation, primarily through the lens of Foucault's Technologies of self, of members of the CrossFit community. With the body as the locale identity and individuation, the research enquires into the various ways members of this community affect change upon their...