Body knowledge and control : studies in the sociology of physical education and health /

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Drawing together some of the latest research on the body and schooling, Body Knowledge and Control offers a sharp and challenging critique of (post) modern day attitudes toward obesity, health, childhood and the mainstream science and business.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Evans, John, 1952 October 16-, Davies, Brian, 1938-, Wright, Jan, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Subjects:
Physical education and training > Social aspects.
Health education > Social aspects.
Éducation physique > Aspect social.
Éducation sanitaire > Aspect social.
Social influences.
Sociology.
Anorexia nervosa.
Body image.
Health education.
Identification (Psychology)
Physical education.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Sociology of Sports.
Health education > Social aspects
Physical education and training > Social aspects
Sportpädagogik
Körpererfahrung
Sportsoziologie
Gesundheitssport
Körper
Schönheit
Gesundheit
Soziologie
Lichaamsbewustheid.
Sociale aspecten.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; List of contributors; Educating bodies: schooling and the constitution of society; Acknowledgements; Introduction: pedagogy, culture and identity; Pedagogy, symbolic control, identity and health; Post-structural methodologies: the body, schooling and health; The social context of physical education and health; Sociology, the body and health in a risk society; Towards a critical history of the body, identity and health: corporeal power and school practice; An elephant in the room and a bridge too far, or physical education and the 'obesity epidemic'

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