Weighty Problems : Embodied Inequality at a Children's Weight Loss Camp /

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Many parents, teachers, and doctors believe that childhood obesity is a social problem that needs to be solved. Yet, missing from debates over what caused the rise in childhood obesity and how to fix it are the children themselves. By investigating how contemporary cultural discourses of childhood o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Backstrom, Laura (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Weight loss > Psychological aspects.
Obesity in children > Psychological aspects.
Body image in children.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Image du corps chez l'enfant.
Perte de poids > Aspect psychologique.
Obesite chez l'enfant > Aspect psychologique.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Embodied Inequality, Childhood Obesity, and the "Problem Child"
  • 2. Studying Camp Odyssey
  • 3. Learning Embodied Inequality through Social Comparisons
  • 4. "It's Not a Fat Camp": The Decision to Attend Camp
  • 5. "They Were Born Lucky": Weight Attribution among the Campers
  • 6. Change Your Body, Change Yourself: Camp Resocialization
  • 7. The Benefits of Weight Loss Camp ... and the Dark Side

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