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Flexible selves in flexible times? Yoga and neoliberal subjectivities in Istanbul

Title	Flexible selves in flexible times? Yoga and neoliberal subjectivities in Istanbul
Author	Erkmen, Tülay Deniz
Publication Date:	2021-10
Publication Place	- Sage
Subject	Lifestyles, Neoliberalism, New middle class, Qualitative analysis, Subjectivity, Turkey, Yoga
Type	Periodical
Language	English
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID	0038-0385
Record ID	b48b70fa-ff3c-4245-a9ac-9df6eb88ccb4
Library Location	International Relations
Date	2021-10
Sample Text	This article adds to contemporary analyses of neoliberal subjectivities by focusing on middle-class yoga practitioners in Istanbul, Turkey. Drawing on in-depth interviews, it questions the dominant interpretation of yoga as a form of neoliberal governance and suggests that within the nexus of neoliberal globalisation, autocratisation and precarisation, practices that are often labeled 'lifestyle consumption' might provide individuals with the discursive tools to question entrepreneurial norms. Expanding the geographical scope of existing research as well as providing a theoretically informed analysis of empirical data, the article makes an original contribution to understandings of neoliberal subjectivities by bridging work on neoliberal subjectivities and lifestyle politics.
DOI	10.1177/0038038521998930
Cilt	55

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Flexible selves in flexible times? Yoga and neoliberal subjectivities in Istanbul

Author Erkmen, Tülay Deniz

Publication Date 2021-10

Publication Place - Sage

Subject Lifestyles, Neoliberalism, New middle class, Qualitative analysis, Subjectivity, Turkey, Yoga

Type Periodical

Language English

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Özyeğin University

Library Asset ID 0038-0385

Record ID b48b70fa-ff3c-4245-a9ac-9df6eb88ccb4

Library Location International Relations

Date 2021-10

Sample Text This article adds to contemporary analyses of neoliberal subjectivities by focusing on middle-class yoga practitioners in Istanbul, Turkey. Drawing on in-depth interviews, it questions the dominant interpretation of yoga as a form of neoliberal governance and suggests that within the nexus of neoliberal globalisation, autocratisation and precarisation, practices that are often labeled 'lifestyle consumption' might provide individuals with the discursive tools to question entrepreneurial norms. Expanding the geographical scope of existing research as well as providing a theoretically informed analysis of empirical data, the article makes an original contribution to understandings of neoliberal subjectivities by bridging work on neoliberal subjectivities and lifestyle politics.

DOI 10.1177/0038038521998930

Cilt 55