The politics of evidence on ‘domestic terrorists’: Obesity discourses and their effects

Social Theory & Health - Tập 8 Số 3 - Trang 259-279 - 2010
Geneviève Rail1, Dave Holmes2, Stuart J. Murray3
1Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal, H3G 1M8, Quebec, Canada
2School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, K1H 8M5, Ontario, Canada
3Department of English, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, M5B 2K3, Ontario, Canada

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