WS 334 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Friendly Fire, Safe Sex, Biopower

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: WS 334
• Professor: Tapley Heather

Document Summary

: race, nation, class and the war against obesity" . Overweight is a bmi of 25 to 29. This of course is discourse because it is based on a normal weight. This is an article on the war on obesity, set in the usa. (friendly fire, meaning that it"s coming from within) People who were read as overweight or obese became treasonous because sugar, flour, etc. was rationed out. The idea was that we could beat these people up because they must have taken these rations from others. Health care costs and obesity-related illnesses are often couched together. 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, kidney failure, etc. The obese are considered parasites of the healthcare system. It"s creating a national panic, even where there isn"t social healthcare. The war on obesity requires an enemy. (recognizable enemy). Obesity is not an abstract term; it actually lands on people. Going back to cultural body logic, the body as a text.