Samantha J. King, Queen’s University
Department of Gender Studies
Professor
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
Kingston, Ontario
kingsj@queensu.ca
Office:
(613) 533-6000 ext. 74688
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Bio/Research
My research interests straddle a number of fields and disciplines, including cultural studies, sociology, feminist and queer theory, and critical race studies. I understand health, sport, and the body to be powerful vehicles for the production of social difference and I use my work to uncover how...
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Bio/Research
My research interests straddle a number of fields and disciplines, including cultural studies, sociology, feminist and queer theory, and critical race studies. I understand health, sport, and the body to be powerful vehicles for the production of social difference and I use my work to uncover how these vehicles operate and with what effects. The specific issues I have studied include consumer-oriented breast cancer philanthropy http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/pink-ribbons-inc, representations of HIV/AIDS, and the relationship between queer athletes, commercial sport culture and militarization. Although these topics seem disparate, in each case I have explored how powerful notions of healthy and unhealthy citizenship are produced, consumed, and occasionally resisted.
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