MITACS Conférences en technologie d'information et de communication
MITACS Seminar Series in Information and Communication Technology
et / and
l'Institut d'études des femmes / the Institute of Women's Studies
vous présentent / present
LES CAFÉS FÉMINISTES /
THE FEMINIST CAFÉS
PAINKILLER ADDICTION
AND MORAL PANIC:
AN ANATOMY OF AN "EPIDEMIC"
Samantha King
Professeure agrégée à l'École des sciences de l'activité physique et
des études sur la santé de l'Université Queen's
Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at
Queen's University
Jeudi 25 mars / Thursday, March 25, 2010
11 h 00 - 11:00 a.m.
Pavillon Fauteux Hall
57 Louis-Pasteur, salle/room 133
ENTRÉE LIBRE / FREE ADMISSION
Des rafraîchissements végétaliens seront servis
Vegan friendly refreshments will be provided
Cette conférence sera donnée en anglais seulement.
This conference will be given in English only.
BIO
Samantha King is an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology
and Health Studies and Cultural Studies at Queen's University where
she researches and teaches the cultural politics of health, sport, and
the body. Her publications have appeared in venues such as Social
Text, Cultural Studies~Critical Methodologies, Health Communication,
and the Sociology of Sport Journal. CIHR has recently awarded her a
grant to explore competing discourses around prescription painkillers.
Her book, Pink Ribbons, Inc: Breast Cancer and the Politics of
Philanthropy (Minnesota, 2006), is the subject of a forthcoming
National Film Board documentary.
