عنوان

Critical bodies :

(Number (ISBN

0230517730

(Number (ISBN

9780230517738

Number

b748159

Title Proper

Critical bodies :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

representations, identities, and practices of weight and body management /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Sarah Riley, Maree Burns, Hannah Frith, Sally Wiggins and Pirkko Markula.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 206 pages ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Introducing critical bodies : representations, identities and practices of weight and body management / Pirkko Markula, Maree Burns and Sarah Riley -- Section I. Representations and constructions of body weight and body management / Sally Wiggins. Deconstructing un/healthy body-weight and weight management / Helen Malson ; 'I feel ridiculous about having had it' : critical readings of lived and mediated stories on eating disorders / Paula Saukko ; Learning to be healthy, dying to be thin : the representations of weight via body perfection codes in schools / Emma Rich and John Evans -- Section II. Constructing embodied identities / Hannah Frith. Starving in cyberspace : the construction of identity on 'pro-eating-disorder' websites / Katy Day and Tammy Keys ; Body talk : negotiating body image and masculinity / Rosalind Gill ; Feminist object relations theory and eating 'disorders' / Colleen Heenan -- Section III. Meanings of body management practices : women's experiences / Pirkko Markula. Dis/orders of weight control : bulimic and/or 'healthy weight' practices / Maree Burns and Nicola Gavey ; Sustaining imbalance : evidence of neglect in the pursuit of nutritional health / Lucy Aphramor and Jacqui Gingras ; Older and younger women's experiences of commercial weight loss / Debra Gimlin -- Conclusion : Critical bodies : discourses of health, gender and consumption / Sarah Riley [and 4 others].

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Text of Note

This title showcases a selection of work and debates on weight and body management practices that are being produced from the vibrant arena of critical and postmodern approaches in the social sciences.

Title

Critical bodies.

Body image-- Psychological aspects.

Body weight-- Regulation.

Human body-- Social aspects.

Body Image.

Body Weight.

Feeding and Eating Disorders-- psychology.

alimentation-- troubles-- corps humain-- régime alimentaire-- 21e s. (début), études diverses.

Body image-- Psychological aspects.

Body weight-- Regulation.

corps humain-- poids-- société (milieu humain)-- 21e s. (début), études diverses.

Eetstoornissen.

Essstörung.

Essstörung.

Human body-- Social aspects.

image du corps-- Occident-- poids-- société (milieu humain)-- 21e s. (début), études diverses.

Körperbild.

Körperbild.

Lichaamsbewustheid.

Lichaamsgewicht.

Soziologie.

Soziologie.

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Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

Class number

Book Number

System Code

Burns, Maree,1970-

Frith, Hannah,1971-

Markula, Pirkko,1961-

Riley, Sarah,1970-

Wiggins, Sally,1975-

Date of Transaction

20201204081310.0

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rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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