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info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ‘“It’s all about the body”: the bodily capital of armed response officers in South Africa Diphoorn, T.G. bodily capital private security policing South Africa sovereignty violence Taverne SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions In this article, I analyze the role of bodily capital in the daily policing practices of armed response officers, a specific type of private security officers, in Durban, South Africa. Based on 20 months of ethnographic fieldwork, I argue that the masculinized bodily capital of armed response officers is a key source of their sovereign power; it plays a central role in how they acquire and exert authority. Furthermore, I argue that an analysis of bodily capital should not solely analyze the actual flesh of the body, but must include particular equipment (such as bulletproof vests and firearms) that is experienced as a part of the body. Leerstoel Robben Sovereignty and Social Contestation 2015 Article text/plain https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/329739 Medical Anthropology 34(4), - (2015) en 1545-5882