Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality

by Jonathan M. Metzl and Anna Kirkland

Book Overview

Navigates the divergent cultural meanings of health, and its entanglement with morality in current political discourse

You see someone smoking a cigarette and say, "Smoking is bad for your health," when what you mean is, "You are a bad person because you smoke." You encounter someone whose body size you deem excessive, and say, "Obesity is bad for your health," when what you mean is, "You are lazy, unsightly, or weak of will." You...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814795935
• ISBN13: 9780814795934
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"