Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality

(Part of the Biopolitics Series)

by Jonathan M. Metzl and Anna Kirkland

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Navigates the divergent cultural meanings of health, and its entanglement with morality in current political discourse

You see someone smoking a cigarette and say, "Smoking is bad for your health," when what you mean is, "You are a bad person because you smoke." You encounter someone whose body size you deem excessive, and say, "Obesity is bad for your health," when what you mean is, "You are lazy, unsightly, or weak of will." You...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814795935

ISBN13:9780814795934

Release Date:November 2010

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:226 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Medical Books Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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