Biopolitics and the ‘Obesity Epidemic’ is the first edited collection of critical perspectives on the 'obesity epidemic.' The volume 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. Contributors from the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia provide original, accessible, and engaging chapters on issues such as the effects on individuals, families, youths and schools. The timely contributions offered by Biopolitics and the ‘Obesity Epidemic’ to this highly topical area will be of interest to a wide range of readers, including teachers, education professionals, community health and allied professionals, and academics in areas such as education, health, youth studies, social work and psychology.
Author(s): Jan Wright
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 232
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Part I Biopolitics and the ‘Obesity Epidemic’......Page 8
1 Biopower, Biopedagogies and the Obesity Epidemic......Page 10
2 Theorizing Biopedagogies......Page 24
3 Friends, Enemies and the Cultural Politics of Critical Obesity Research......Page 40
4 Bio-Citizenship: Virtue Discourses and the Birth of the Bio-Citizen......Page 54
5 Doctor’s Orders: Diagnosis, Medical Authority and the Exploitation of the Fat Body......Page 69
6 Marked as ‘Pathological’: ‘Fat’ Bodies as Virtual Confessors......Page 87
Part II Governing Young People: Schools, Families and the ‘Obesity Epidemic’......Page 100
7 An Impossible Task?: Preventing Disordered Eating in the Context of the Current Obesity Panic......Page 102
8 Governing Healthy Family Lifestyles through Discourses of Risk and Responsibility......Page 117
9 Pedagogizing Families through Obesity Discourse......Page 136
10 Canadian Youth’s Discursive Constructions of Health in the Context of Obesity Discourse......Page 150
11 Performative Health in Schools: Welfare Policy, Neoliberalism and Social Regulation?......Page 166
12 Disgusting Pedagogies......Page 181
13 The Rise of the Corporate Curriculum: Fatness, Fitness, and Whiteness......Page 192
Part III Commentary......Page 206
14 Biopedagogies and Beyond......Page 208
Contributors......Page 218
Index......Page 222
