Critical Bodies : Representations, Identities and Practices of Weight and Body Management /

Using work produced from the critical and postmodern arena in social sciences, this book examines three key areas - representation, identities and practice - to explore and interrogate how body and weight management, subjectivities, experiences and practices are constituted within and by the normati...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Burns, Maree (Editor), Frith, Hannah (Editor), Markula, Pirkko (Editor), Riley, Sarah (Editor), Wiggins, Sally (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
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Summary:Using work produced from the critical and postmodern arena in social sciences, this book examines three key areas - representation, identities and practice - to explore and interrogate how body and weight management, subjectivities, experiences and practices are constituted within and by the normative discourses of contemporary western culture.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XII, 206 pages)
ISBN:9780230591141
DOI:10.1057/9780230591141