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"A place you haven't visited before": a critical analysis of the Healthy Communities movement
| dc.creator | Hank, Heather Moira | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T22:40:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T22:40:45Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1995 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1995 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1995-THESIS-H367 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references. | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis critically examines the discourse of the Healthy Communities movement for its radical and reformist tendencies. An analysis of Healthy Community literature and ethnographic participant-observation of two initiatives begins to reveal how the holistic, ecological language of Healthy Communities may promote radical change. I argue that in order to realize this potential, individual initiatives must supplant the discourse of radical individualism in scientific medicine and bureaucracy with the "second language" of the common good. Feminist and Marxist theory identify the concepts of mutual responsibility, connectedness and equity which Healthy Communities must promote in order to achieve structural level change in communities. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | speech communication. | en |
| dc.subject | Major speech communication. | en |
| dc.title | "A place you haven't visited before": a critical analysis of the Healthy Communities movement | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | speech communication | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.A. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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