Biopolitics and the 'Obesity Epidemic'

Part I: Biopolitics and the 'Obesity Epidemic' 1. Bio-power, Biopedagogies and the Obesity Epidemic Jan Wright 2. Theorizing Biopedagogies Valerie Harwood 3. Friends, Enemies and the Cultural Politics of Critical Obesity Research Michael Gard 4. Bio-Citizenship: Virtue Discourses and the Birth of the Bio-Citizen Christine Halse 5. Doctor's Orders: Diagnosis, Medical Authority and the Exploitation of the Fat Body Annemarie Jutel 6. Marked as 'Pathological': Fat Bodies as Virtual Confessors Samantha Murray Part II: Governing Young People: Schools Families and the 'Obesity Epidemic' 7. An Impossible Task? Preventing Disordered Eating in the Context of the Current Obesity Panic Natalie Beausoleil 8. Governing Healthy Family Lifestyles through Discourses of Risk and Responsibility Simone Fullagar 9. Pedagogizing Families through Obesity Discourse Lisette Burrows 10. Canadian Youth's Discursive Constructions of the Body and Health Genevieve Rail 11. Performative Health in Schools: Welfare Policy, Neoliberalism and Social Regulation? Emma Rich and John Evans 12. Disgusting Pedagogies Deana Leahy 13. The Rise of Corporate Curriculum: Fatness, Fitness, and Whiteness Laura Azzarito Part III: Commentary 14. Biopedagogies and Beyond Valerie Walkerdine