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September 2018 Volume 44 Issue 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cExercise is not politically neutral,\u201d writes Jennifer Jane Hardes. That is, \u201cwithin what has been declared a \u2018risk society\u2019 exercise ought to be examined critically as a new potential mode of self-regulation.\u201d<\/p>\n

In what is both a concise and rich account \u201cof knowledges about exercise and women\u2019s mental health that emerged throughout the late 19th century and that continue into the present day,\u201d Hardes summons an impressive array of clinicians, historians, philosophers and writers. Deeply thought provoking and somewhat troubling, \u201cWomen, \u2018madness\u2019 and exercise<\/a>\u201d calls for further deliberation around \u201cthe regulation of women\u2019s movement through wider social-political and historical modes of governance, whereby women\u2019s bodies remain both a subject and an object of power.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Hardes\u2019 own words:<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/files\/2018\/09\/Jennifer-Hardes.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Read the full article on the Medical Humanities<\/em> Journal website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cExercise is not politically neutral,\u201d writes Jennifer Jane Hardes. That is, \u201cwithin what has been declared a \u2018risk society\u2019 exercise ought to be examined critically as a new potential mode of self-regulation.\u201d In what is both a concise and rich account \u201cof knowledges about exercise and women\u2019s mental health that emerged throughout the late 19th […]<\/p>\n

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