The medicalisation of food pedagogies in primary schools and popular culture: A case for awakening subjugated knowledges

Discourse

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 713-728

  Welch, Rosie ^a   McMahon, Samantha ^a   Wright, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

biopedagogies; body pedagogies; children; food; health; regulation; temptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869196160     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2012.696501     Document Type: Article

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