Against health : how health became the new morality / Jonathan M. Metzl and Anna Kirkland, editors.
| Other author | Metzl, Jonathan, 1964- |
| Other author | Kirkland, Anna Rutherford. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : New York University Press, ©2010. |
| Description | ix, 217 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Biopolitics, medicine, technoscience, and health in the 21st century Biopolitics (New York, N.Y.) ^A1030868 |
| Contents | Why "Against health"? / Jonathan M. Metzl -- What is health and how do you get it? / Richard Klein -- Risky bigness : on obesity, eating, and the ambiguity of "health" / Lauren Berlant -- Against global health? Arbitrating science, non-science and nonsense through health / Vincanne Adams -- Social immorality of health in the gene age : race, disability, and inequality / Dorothy Roberts -- Fat panic and the new morality / Kathleen LeBesco -- Against breastfeeding (sometimes) / Joan B. Wolf -- Pharmaceutical propaganda / Carl Elliott -- Strangely passive-aggressive history of passive-aggressive personality disorder / Christopher Lane -- Obsession : against mental health / Leonard J. Davis -- Atomic health, or how the bomb altered American notions of death / Joseph Masco -- How much sex is healthy? The pleasures of asexuality / Eunjung Kim -- Be prepared / S. Lochlann Jain -- In the name of pain / Tobin Siebers -- What next? / Anna Kirkland. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010018812 |
| ISBN | 9780814795927 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814795927 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780814795934 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0814795935 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | RA418 .A53 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |