Topic: Reading summary
Description:
In response to queries about summaries: – they should be 200-300 words long each week reading summary – you can focus on one reading or discuss both – we would prefer that you at least make some comparisons or draw out similarities between the two Marking critiera • timely completion of summaries on designated text • evidence of reading designated texts This Assessment Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes: • Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which “health“ is understood and experienced across a range of contexts. • Communicate effectively and ethically in a range of contexts and modes of writing • Evidence engagement with and reflection on the process of learning
(1) This week case study looks at sex (and contagion)
- Gagnon, Marilou, Jean Daniel Jacob & Dave Holmes (2010) ‘Governing through (in)security: a critical analysis of a fear-based public health campaign’, Critical Public Health, 20:2, 245-56.
- Polzer, Jessica C. & Susan Knabe (2012) ‘From Desire to Disease: Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and the Medicalization of Nascent Female Sexuality’, Journal of Sex Research, 49:4, 344-52.
(2) This week we will discuss the relationship between health and consumerism: health service users as consumers, and the role of consumer culture in definitions of healthy lifestyles.
- Lee F. Monaghan, Robert Hollands and Gary Prtichard (2010) “Obesity Epidemic Entrepreneurs: Types, Practices and Interests” Body & Society 2010 16: 37
- Maria Fannin (2013) “The Hoarding Economy of Endometrial Stem Cell Storage” Body & Society 2013 19: 32