The Imperative of Health: Public Health and the Regulated Body

by Deborah Lupton

Book Overview

In this reappraisal of public health and health promotion in contemporary societies, Deborah Lupton explores public health and health promotion using contemporary sociocultural and political theory, particularly that building on Foucault′s writings on subjectivity, embodiment and power relations. The author examines the implications of the new social theories for the study of health promotion and health communication to analyze the symbolic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803979363
• ISBN13: 9780803979369
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"