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

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

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Availability:In StockContributor:S. Riley, M. Burns, H. FrithPublish date:11/28/2007Pages:206
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9780230517738ISBN-10:0230517730UPC:9780230517738Book Category:PsychologyBook Subcategory:Developmental, Social Psychology, PsychotherapySize:8.57 x 6.38 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.381Product ID:SCJJ5DK452
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9780230517738ISBN-10:0230517730UPC:9780230517738Book Category:PsychologyBook Subcategory:Developmental, Social Psychology, PsychotherapySize:8.57 x 6.38 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.381Product ID:SCJJ5DK452
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
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Edition

2008 Edition

Contributor(s)

S. Riley, M. Burns, H. Frith

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