Against health : how health became the new morality

The Resource Against health : how health became the new morality
Label
Against health : how health became the new morality
Title remainder
how health became the new morality
Statement of responsibility
Jonathan M. Metzl and Anna Kirkland, editors
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Against Health argues that health is a concept, a norm, and a set of bodily practices whose ideological work is often rendered invisible by the assumption that it is a monolithic universal good, and that disparities in the incidence and prevalence of disease are closely linked to disparities in income and social support. The book's stand against health is not a stand against the authenticity of people's attempts to ward off suffering. Against Health instead claims that individual strivings for health are, in some instances, rendered more difficult by the ways in which health is culturally configured and socially sustained. The authors unpack the divergent cultural meanings of health and explore the ideologies involved in its construction, presenting strategies for moving forward and developing deeper, more productive, and indeed healthier interactions about our bodies. Jonathan M. Metzl is Associate Professor in the Women's Studies Department and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan, where he also directs the Program in Culture, Health, and Medicine. Anna Kirkland is Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Political Science at the University of Michigan."--Publisher's description
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Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
  • 362.1
  • 306.461
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
RA418
LC item number
.A53 2010
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
  • 2010 M-311
  • WA 31
Series statement
Biopolitics, medicine, technoscience, and health in the 21st century
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