'Deleuze for goodness sake': examining health inequities via assemblage theorising

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    Abstract

    In this chapter, I introduce and illustrate how to use assemblage theorising, as derived from the work of Deleuze and Guattari, to critically examine issues of health. Although I acknowledge the utility of the determinants of health model and the socio-ecological perspective, which have proven popular within health education, I raise concern with their normative and evaluative notions of health. These concerns provide a justification for exploring assemblage theorising and alternative ways of knowing health. I then demonstrate how assemblage theorising allows for examining and understanding how particular bodies and realities (e.g. health) emerge or become in specific social and material contexts. In this regard, I show how assemblage thinking can aid understanding of how select ‘in-determinants’ of health, such as social isolation or life with an alcoholic, produce and affect specific bodies.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationSocial Theory in Health Education
    Subtitle of host publicationForging New Insights in Research
    EditorsDeana Leahy, Katie Fitzpatrick, Jan Wright
    Place of PublicationAbingdon UK
    PublisherRoutledge
    Chapter14
    Pages148-157
    Number of pages10
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Electronic)9781351048163
    ISBN (Print)9781138485730, 9781138485754
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2020

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