BODILY KNOWLEDGE - Kimberly L. Oliver

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Résumé :
Bodily Knowledge is a story of how four adolescent girls constructed the meanings of their bodies. It is a story of oppression and resistance, voice and silence. It is a story of how our culture shapes girls' desires and distracts girls from becoming healthy people who pursue significant goals. Lastly, it is an expression of the girls' hopefulness - of their collective belief in the value of efforts to create a better world in which all children might have opportunities to grow up healthy and respected. Bodily Knowledge tells these stories in terms of the girls' analyses of fashion, their desires to be noticed and accepted by others, their concerns about issues of race and racism, and our own commitments to nurturing critique and agency through curriculum and activist research.

Biographie:
The Authors: Kimberly L. Oliver is Assistant Professor in Teacher Education in the Area of Human Performance Studies at The University of Alabama. She teaches courses in sociocultural foundations and methods in physical education. She earned her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from Virginia Tech. She has published in professional journals devoted to physical education as well as the larger field of education. Rosary Lalik is Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Virginia Tech where she teaches courses in literacy studies. She earned her Ed.D. in reading and language arts education from Syracuse University. She has published numerous articles in professional journals. She is a recipient of the W. E. Wine Award for outstanding university teaching and is a member of the Academy of Teaching Excellence at Virginia Tech.