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

Riley, S.; Burns, M.; Frith, H.; Wiggins, S.; Markula, P.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2008-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349355433

DOI: 10.1057/9780230591141

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 206