A PHYSICAL CULTURAL STUDIES PERSPECTIVE ON PHYSICAL (IN)ACTIVITY AND HEALTH INEQUALITIES: THE BIOPOLITICS OF BODY PRACTICES AND EMBODIED MOVEMENT
In this paper I discuss how a Physical Cultural Studies approach offers a different way of understanding the complex experiences of health, emotional wellbeing and (in)active embodiment as social practices. Non-communicable ‘diseases’ (diabetes, heart disease, cancer, obesity etc) and sedentary life...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal de Sergipe
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Revista Tempos e Espaços em Educação |
| Online Access: | https://seer.ufs.br/index.php/revtee/article/view/10161 |
| Summary: | In this paper I discuss how a Physical Cultural Studies approach offers a different way of understanding the complex experiences of health, emotional wellbeing and (in)active embodiment as social practices. Non-communicable ‘diseases’ (diabetes, heart disease, cancer, obesity etc) and sedentary lifestyles are growing public health problems in the global South and North. There is a need for new sociocultural approaches to understanding physical (in)activity as a form of body practice and embodied movement that is profoundly biopolitical. |
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| ISSN: | 2358-1425 |