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

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

by Cheryl Phillips (Cover Design), Dr Pirkko Markula (Cover Design), Dr Sarah Riley (Cover Design), Dr Maree Burns (Cover Design), Dr Hannah Frith (Cover Design), Dr Sally Wiggins (Cover Design)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: 1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 28 Nov 2007

ISBN 10: 0230517730
ISBN 13: 9780230517738