Professional identity in the global sports entertainment industry : regulating the body, mind and soul of Australian Football League footballers Kelly, Peter and Hickey, Christopher 2010, Professional identity in the global sports entertainment industry : regulating the body, mind and soul of Australian Football League footballers, Journal of sociology, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 27-44, doi: 10.1177/1440783309337671. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Professional identity in the global sports entertainment industry : regulating the body, mind and soul of Australian Football League footballers Author(s) Kelly, Peter Hickey, Christopher orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-9458 Journal name Journal of sociology Volume number 46 Issue number 1 Start page 27 End page 44 Total pages 18 Publisher Sage Place of publication London, England Publication date 2010-03-01 ISSN 1440-7833 1741-2978 Summary In this article we discuss the ways in which the professional identity of Australian Football League (AFL) footballers — in a physical, high body contact sport — is shaped by concerns to develop different aspects of the body, mind and soul of the young men who want to become AFL footballers. Drawing on Michel Foucault’s later work on the care of the self we argue that narratives of identity necessarily involve a struggle for the body, mind and soul of these young men. Foucault’s work enables us to identify and analyse how relations of power, forms of regulation and arts of governing interact in ongoing attempts to develop the professional footballer. The article explores these issues via an analysis of the rationalities and techniques that inform talent identification and player management practices; and risk management in relation to these practices and processes in the AFL. Language eng DOI 10.1177/1440783309337671 Field of Research 160805 Social Change 1303 Specialist Studies in Education Socio Economic Objective 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30028993 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 31 May 2010, 13:59:53 EST Thu, 10 Jun 2010, 12:40:50 EST Thu, 10 Jun 2010, 12:48:51 EST Fri, 11 Jun 2010, 11:10:22 EST Fri, 11 Jun 2010, 11:11:44 EST Wed, 23 Jun 2010, 20:10:29 EST Mon, 21 Nov 2011, 13:41:52 EST Mon, 21 Nov 2011, 15:16:02 EST Mon, 21 Nov 2011, 15:16:57 EST Mon, 21 Nov 2011, 15:17:53 EST Wed, 15 Feb 2012, 12:54:24 EST Mon, 20 Feb 2012, 12:40:22 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 15:53:00 EST Wed, 23 Jul 2014, 15:36:26 EST Thu, 24 Jul 2014, 08:35:14 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 15:47:59 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 8 times in TR Web of Science Cited 8 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1252 Abstract Views, 9 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 31 May 2010, 13:59:49 EST