| Description |
xxii, 246 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Pedagogy, symbolic control, identity and health / John Evans and Brian Davies -- 2. Post-structural methodologies: the body, schooling and health / Jan Wright -- 3. Sociology, the body and health in a risk society / John Evans and Brian Davies -- 4. Towards a critical history of the body, identity and health: corporeal power and school practice / David Kirk -- 5. An elephant in the room and a bridge too far, or physical education and the 'obesity epidemic' / Michael Gard --6. The discursive production of childhood, identity and health / Lisette Burrows and Jan Wright -- 7. The body and health in policy: representations and recontextualisation / Dawn Penney and Jo Harris -- 8. 'The Beauty Walk': interrogating whiteness as the norm for beauty within one school's hidden curriculum / Kimberly L. Oliver and Rosary Lalik -- 9. Health and physical education and the production of the 'at risk self' / Deana Leahy and Lyn Harrison -- 10. Gendered bodies and physical identities / Robyne Garrett -- 11. From performance to impairment: a patchwork of embodied memories / Andrew C. Sparkes -- 12. 'Hungry to be noticed': young women, anorexia and schooling / Emma Rich, Rachel Holroyd and John Evans -- 13. Threatening space: (physical) education and homophobic body work / Gill Clarke -- 14. Endnote. The embodiment of consciousness: Bernstein, health and schooling / John Evans and Brian Davies -- 15. Conclusion. Ruminations on body knowledge and control and the spaces for hope and happening / Richard Tinning |
| Summary |
"Today's society is obsessed with the body, its size, shape and healthiness. Governments, business and the popular media, spend and earn fortunes encouraging populations to get healthy, eat properly, exercise daily and get thin. But how are current social trends and attitudes towards the body reflected in the curriculum of schools, in the teaching of Physical Education and Health? How do teachers and health professionals influence young people's experiences of their own and others' bodies? Is health education liberating or merely another form of regulation and social control? Drawing together some of the latest research on the body and schooling, Body Knowledge and Control offers a sharp and challenging critique of (post) modern-day attitudes toward obesity, health, childhood and the mainstream science and business interests that promote narrow body-centred ways of thinking. The book includes: a critical history of notions of body, identity and health in schools; an analysis of the 'obesity epidemic', eating disorders; and an analysis of the influence of nurtured body image in racism, sexism, homophobia and body elitism in schools." -- Publisher's website |
| Notes |
xxi, 246 p |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Contents : Part I. Introduction: pedagogy, culture and identity. J Evans & B Davies. Pedagogy, symbolic control, identity and health; p.3-18 -- J Wright. Post-structural methodologies: the body, schooling and health; p.19-31 -- Part II. The social context of physical education and health. J Evans & B Davies. Sociology, the body and health in a risk society; p.35-51 -- D Kirk. Towards a critical history of the body, identity and health: corporeal power and school practice; p.52-67 -- M Gard. An elephant in the room and a bridge too far, or physical education and the 'obesity epidemic'; p.68-82 -- L Burrows & J Wright. The discursive production of childhood, identity and health; p.83-95 -- D Penney & J Harris. The body and health in policy: representation and recontextualisation; p.96-1111 -- Part III. Schooling the body: pedagogies of identity. K L Oliver & R Lalik. 'The beauty walk' : interrogating whiteness as the norm for beauty within one school's hidden curriculum; p.115-129 -- D Leahy & L Harrison. Health and physical education and the production of the 'at risk self'; p.130-139 -- R Garrett. Gendered bodies and physical identities; p.140-156 -- A C Sparkes. From performance to impairment: a patchwork of embodied memories; p.157-172 -- E Rich, R Holroyd & J Evans. 'Hungry to be noticed' : young women, anorexia and schooling; p.173-190 -- G Clarke. Threatening space : (physical) education and homophobic body work; p.191-203 -- Part IV. Future directions: research and developments in PEH. J Evans & B Davies. Endnote: the embodiment of consciousness: Bernstein, health and schooling; p.207-217 -- R Tinning. Conclusion: ruminations on body knowledge and control and the spaces for hope and happening; p.218-238 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Physical education and training -- Social aspects.
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Health education -- Social aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung
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| Author |
Evans, John, 1952 October 16-
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Davies, Brian, 1938-
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Wright, Jan, 1948-
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| LC no. |
2003046988 |
| ISBN |
0415306442 |
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0415306450 paperback |
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