Embodiment: a conceptual glossary for epidemiology

By N. Krieger. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2005

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How race becomes biology: embodiment of social inequality. (2009, background): “…a concept referring to how we literally incorporate, biologically, the material and social world in which we live, from conception to death; a corollary is that no aspect of our biology can be understood absent knowledge of history and individual and societal ways of living (Krieger, 2005, p 352).”
Embodied Discrimination: The Relation of Sexism and Distress to Women’s Drinking and Smoking Behaviors (2007, background): “Krieger (2005) argued that discrimination becomes embodied; that is, all living organisms “literally incorporate, biologically, the world in which we live,including our societal and ecological circumstances” (p. 351).”
Superwoman Schema: African American Women’s Views on Stress, Strength, and Health (2010, neutral): “According to Krieger (2005), bodies tell stories.”