Editor’s Introduction

Arien Mack Editor’s Introduction THE ISSU E YOU HOLD IN YOUR HANDS IS THE SECOND IN A TWOpart series devoted to the proceedings of the Social Research conference on “The Body and the State: How the State Controls and Protects the Body,” which took place at the New School in February 2011. Together, the papers collected in these two volumes take on the question of how we understand what is “normal” or”healthy,” and address the complex­ ity of the issues surrounding the ways in which policy affect and act on our bodies. Editor's Introduction xvii ...