Fatness and the maternal body : women's experiences of corporeality and the shaping of social policy /

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Focusing specifically on the maternal body, contributors to the volume examine how the language and notions of obesity connect with, or stand apart from, wider societal values and moralities to do with the body, fatness, reproduction, and what is considered natural. A."

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Unnithan-Kumar, Maya, 1961- (Editor ), Tremayne, Soraya (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.
Colección:Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 22.
Temas:
Obesity in women.
Women > Physiology.
Body image in women.
Human body > Social aspects.
Human body > Symbolic aspects.
Overweight persons.
Women.
Cross-cultural studies.
Fertility.
Overweight
Women
Body Image
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Fertility
Obésité chez la femme.
Femmes > Physiologie.
Image du corps chez la femme.
Corps humain > Aspect social.
Corps humain > Aspect symbolique.
Personnes en surpoids.
Femmes.
Études transculturelles.
Fécondité.
women (female humans)
MEDICAL > Bariatrics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Body image in women
Human body > Social aspects
Human body > Symbolic aspects
Obesity in women
Women > Physiology
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : corporeality and reproduction : understanding fatness through diverse experiences of motherhood, consumption and social regulation / Maya Unnithan-Kumar
  • The traffic in 'nature' : maternal bodies and obesity / Megan Warin, Vivienne Moore and Michael Davies
  • Fat and fertility, mobility and slaves : long-term perspectives on Tuareg obesity and reproduction / Sara Randall
  • Women of great weight : fatness, reproduction and gender dynamics in Tuareg society / Saskia Walentowitz
  • Childbearing, breastfeeding and body weight in Tanzania : three bodies, three individuals, many different interrelations among the Wagogo (Central Tanzania) / Mara Mabilia
  • The 'obesity cycle' : the impact of maternal obesity on the exogenous and endogenous causes of obesity in offspring in the United Kingdom / Nicola Heslehurst
  • Culture, diet and maternal body : Ghanaian women's perspectives on food, fat and childbearing / Ama de-Graft Aikins
  • Unhealthy, unwealthy, unwise : social policy and nutritional education in a disadvantaged community in Ireland / Shauna Clarke
  • The Maharaja Mac : changing dietary patterns in India / Devi Sridhar
  • Is there a relation between fatness and reproductive health? A study of body mass index and reproductive health of Indian women / Aravinda Meera Guntupalli
  • Reproducing inequalities : theories and ethics in dietetics / Lucy Aphramor and Jacqui Gingras.

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