Negotiating Liberalism and Bio-Politics: Stylizing Power in Defense of the Mall Curfew

被引:6
作者
Amsden, Brian [1 ]
机构
[1] Indiana Univ, Dept Commun & Culture, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
关键词
Bio-Politics; Foucault; Liberalism; Shopping Mall; Youth;
D O I
10.1080/00335630802422246
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
While Michel Foucault's technologies of the self are useful in explaining the convergence of liberalism and bio-politics, they fail to account for the appeal of juridical mechanisms that administer the conventions of bio-political control. A productive site from which to explore this convergence is provided by the mall curfew, a bio-political mechanism designed to normalize the shopping experience and discipline the site's youth culture. Public justifications for the mall curfew legitimize and stylize its power by targeting a scene of life rather than individual agents, and by emanating from the private realm of the family.
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页码:407 / 429
页数:23
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