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Social Justice in Globalized Fitness and Health: Bodies Out of Sight book cover

1st Edition

Social Justice in Globalized Fitness and Health Bodies Out of Sight

By Laura Azzarito Copyright 2019
136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge
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In today’s neoliberal times, thinking about fitness and health is dominated by the media’s narratives of "fit bodies," which are presented and circulated in society as "valued bodies." Outside that mainstream view, however, there are many people labeled "bodies-at-risk": those who deviate from perceived norms of size, shape, race, social class, and gender. Social Justice in Globalized... Read more

Introduction



1. "My fault?" Neoliberal globalization, market-driven education, and the erasure of difference in fitness and health



2. Who am I? The ethnic self in the Western eye



3. Interrupting the racialization process through the lens of postcolonialism, critical race theory (CRT), and post-feminism



4. A Body Curriculum in school PE for enhancing body encounters and cultural resistance



5. Bodies out of sight on stage: "you have to love yourself no matter what"



6. Toward critical public pedagogies: the power of art exhibitions



7. Conclusion



Index

Biography

Laura Azzarito is Program Director of the Graduate Program in Physical Education Pedagogy and Physical Culture and Co-Director of the Visual Research Center for Education, Art, & Social Change at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.

"Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." - CHOICE
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