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

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1349355437 ISBN 13 : 9781349355433

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

LUCY APHRAMOR is a Senior Health Promotion Specialist in Diet and Cardiovascular Health, and Senior Research Assistant at the Applied Research Centre, Coventry University, UK KATY DAY Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK JOHN EVANS Professor of Sociology of Education and Physical Education, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University ROSALIND GILL Professor of Social Psychology and Cultural Theory, Open University, UK DEBRA GIMLIN Lectures in Sociology, University of Aberdeen, UK JACQUE GINGRAS Assistant Professor, Ryerson University, School of Nutrition, Toronto, Canada COLLEEN HEENAN is a Psychotherapist and University Lecturer TAMMY KEYS graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University, UK, in 2003 with Joint Honours in Psychology and Sociology HELEN MALSON Reader in Social Psychology, Centre for Appearance Research and School of Psychology, University of West of England, Bristol, UK NICOLA GAVEY Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, New Zealand EMMA RICH Lecturer in Physical Education, Gender, Identity and Health, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, UK PAULA SAUKKO Senior Lecturer in the ESRC-Centre for Genomics in Society, University of Exeter, UK

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1349355437
• ISBN 13: 9781349355433
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 206
• Éditeur: Riley S., Burns M., Frith H., Wiggins S., Markula P.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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