Teaching the politics of obesity: Insights into neoliberal embodiment and contemporary biopolitics

Antipode

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1110-1133

  Guthman, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Critical pedagogy; Neoliberal governmentality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CURRICULUM; HEALTH EDUCATION; NEOLIBERALISM; OBESITY; STUDENT;

EID: 70449455425     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2009.00707.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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