Speaking of Bodies in Justice-Oriented, Feminist Teacher Education

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ID5110199
AuthorsStephanie Jones (0000-0002-3917-3721, The University of Georgia, Athens, USA), Hilary Hughes-Decatur (Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA)
Year2012
Volume63
Issue1
Pages51-61
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Teacher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4871 • E-ISSN: 1552-7816
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022487111422535
OpenAlexW2055718324
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited35

The United States is a society that is simultaneously consumed and repulsed by the body; a society where obsession over a constructed "obesity" epidemic runs alongside obsession over thinness; a society where advertisers manipulate digital images of bodies to present two-dimensional versions of ideal male and female physiques, and plastic surgeons cut, suck, tuck, and fill three-dimensional fleshed versions of those digital images. In this article, the authors articulate a theory of a critical body pedagogy that can contribute to a larger justice-oriented project. This project is one of shaping young women and men who are more comfortable in their bodies, who will engage in critical readings of body-related texts, and-perhaps-can one day help future early childhood and elementary students construct healthier relationships with their bodies and the larger world through a justice-oriented pedagogy

Construct (python library) · Criminology · Critical pedagogy · Economic Justice · Ideal (ethics) · Pedagogy · Political science · Social justice · Sociology · Art Education and Development · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology

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