Foucault's progeny: Jamie Oliver and the art of governing obesity

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-40

  Warin, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

governmentality; health promotion; obesity; reality TV; resistance; technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751489032     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2010.2     Document Type: Article

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