Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality

Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality

ByJonathan M. Metzl(editor),Anna Kirkland(Editor)
2010 • 217 pages

Looks at the cultural meanings of health, exploring it's ideologies, arguing that obtaining health is difficult because of cultural conventions, and offering ways to develop healthier options for one's body.

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Biopolitics

Biopolitics is a 6-book series first released in 2010 with contributions by Joan B. Wolf, Thomas Lemke, and Lisa Moore.

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