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Direct linkEvans, John; Rich, Emma; Davies, Brian; Allwood, Rachel – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2005
Despite burgeoning interests in "the body" as a topic of sociological interest and analysis in recent decades, with few notable exceptions, the sociology of education has not taken as seriously as it might how "embodied subjectivities" both shape and are framed by contexts of teaching and learning. There are processes of formal…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Obesity, Educational Sociology, Eating Disorders
Evans, John; Evans, Bethan; Rich, Emma – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2003
On 16 January 2002, the United Kingdom House of Commons Select Committee published a report entitled "Tackling Obesity in England". Drawing on insights from the work of Bernstein, Bourdieu and Foucault, this article will suggest that the report provides an example "par excellence" of the way in which "the body" (our…
Descriptors: Obesity, Eating Disorders, Youth, Foreign Countries
