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Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality (Biopolitics, Medicine, Technoscience, and Health in the 21st Century)
Jonathan Metzl
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Description for Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality (Biopolitics, Medicine, Technoscience, and Health in the 21st Century)
Paperback. 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 Editor(s): Kirkland, Anna Rutherford; Metzl, Jonathan M. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
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 see a woman bottle-feeding an infant and say,“Breastfeeding is better for that child’s health,” when what you mean is that the woman must be a bad ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Biopolitics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814795934
SKU
V9780814795934
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99-50
About Jonathan Metzl
Jonathan M. Metzl (Editor) Jonathan M. Metzl is the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Psychiatry, and the director of the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society, at Vanderbilt University. His books include The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease, Prozac on the Couch: Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs, Against ... Read more
Reviews for Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality (Biopolitics, Medicine, Technoscience, and Health in the 21st Century)
[T]his collection of essays reexamines the definition of & health, particularly as a mechanism for moral judgment... Lots of food for thought- this highly philosophical book... will be of interest to those wanting to stretch their views on health care.
Library Journal
These essays are well-researched and supported, and this volume is suitable for academic studyin sociology, bioethics ... Read more
Library Journal
These essays are well-researched and supported, and this volume is suitable for academic studyin sociology, bioethics ... Read more