Biopolitics and the 'Obesity Epidemic' Governing Bodies [Paperback]

Biopolitics and the Obesity Epidemicis 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 Epidemicto 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.

Part I: Biopolitics and the Obesity Epidemic  1. Bio-power, Biopedagogies and the Obesity Epidemic  Jan Wright  2. Theorizing Biopedagogies  Valerie Harwood  3. Friends, Enemies and the Cultural Politics of Critical Obesity Research  Michael Gard  4. Bio-Citizenship: Virtue Discourses and the Birth of the Bio-Citizen  Christine Halse  5.Doctors Orders: Diagnosis, Medical Authority and the Exploitation of the Fat Body Annemarie Jutel  6. Marked as Pathological: Fat Bodies as Virtual Confessors Samantha Murray  Part II: Governing Young People: Schools Families and the Obesity Epidemic  7. An Impossible Task? Preventing Disordered Eating in the Context of the Current Obesity Panic  Natalie Beausoleil  8. Governing Healthy Famil³(