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."

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Unnithan-Kumar, Maya, 1961- (Editor), Tremayne, Soraya (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.
Series:Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 22.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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."
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857451231
0857451235

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