In the name of the child: The gendered politics of childhood obesity

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-392

  Zivkovic, Tanya ^a   Warin, Megan ^a   Davies, Michael ^a   Moore, Vivienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

child politics; childhood; media; mothers; neoliberal governance; obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649918286     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1440783310384456     Document Type: Article

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