Biopolitics and the 'obesity Epidemic' : Governing Bodies

by Wright, Jan; Harwood, Valerie

• ISBN13: 9780203882061
• ISBN10: 0203882067
• Copyright: 2008-12-19
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Biopolitics and the Obesity Epidemic , the first edited collection of critical perspectives on the "obesity epidemic," provides a comprehensive discussion of current issues in the critical analysis of health, obesity and society, and the impact of obesity discourses on different individuals, social groups and institutions.

Table of Contents

Biopolitics and the 'Obesity Epidemic'

Bio-power, Biopedagogies and the Obesity Epidemic

Theorizing Biopedagogies

Friends, Enemies and the Cultural Politics of Critical Obesity Research

Bio-Citizenship: Virtue Discourses and the Birth of the Bio-Citizen

Doctor's Orders: Diagnosis, Medical Authority and the Exploitation of the Fat Body

Marked as 'Pathological': Fat Bodies as Virtual Confessors

Governing Young People: Schools Families and the 'Obesity Epidemic'

An Impossible Task? Preventing Disordered Eating in the Context of the Current Obesity Panic

Governing Healthy Family Lifestyles through Discourses of Risk and Responsibility

Pedagogizing Families through Obesity Discourse

Canadian Youth's Discursive Constructions of the Body and Health

Performative Health in Schools: Welfare Policy, Neoliberalism and Social Regulation?

Disgusting Pedagogies

The Rise of Corporate Curriculum: Fatness, Fitness, and Whiteness

Commentary

Biopedagogies and Beyond

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