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Unpacking the discourses of stunting in Indonesian early childhood education and parenting.
- Source :
- Children & Society; Mar2023, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p311-325, 15p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Illustration
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This paper interrogates the discourses of stunting in Indonesia and its links to early childhood education. Here, stunting is analysed via Foucault's work, with data stemming from a longāterm ethnography study and analysis of relevant policy documents in Indonesia. We argue the discourses of stunting have been regulating children, teachers and parents by acting as a form of biopower of governing rationalities. Focusing merely on the individual and nutrition aspects, the discourses overlook larger societal problems. In such a space, the children, teachers and parents become a site of the state's surveillance and are produced as docile bodies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09510605
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Children & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161605333
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12593