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11 produkter
Framing Fat
Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture
Av Samantha Kwan, Jennifer Graves
Häftad, 2013
389 kr
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According to public health officials, obesity poses significant health risks and has become a modern-day epidemic. A closer look at this so-called epidemic, however, suggests that there are multiple perspectives on the fat body, not all of which view obesity as a health hazard.Alongside public …
Framing Fat
Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture
Av Samantha Kwan, Jennifer Graves
Inbunden, 2013
1462 kr
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According to public health officials, obesity poses significant health risks and has become a modern-day epidemic. A closer look at this so-called epidemic, however, suggests that there are multiple perspectives on the fat body, not all of which view obesity as a health hazard.Alongside public …
Embodied Resistance
Challenging the Norms, Breaking the Rules
Inbunden, 2011
1481 kr
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Embodied Resistance engages the rich and complex range of society's contemporary "body outlaws"—people from many social locations who violate norms about the private, the repellent, or the forbidden. This collection ventures beyond the conventional focus on the "disciplined body" and instead, …
Embodied Resistance
Challenging the Norms, Breaking the Rules
Häftad, 2011
349 kr
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Embodied Resistance engages the rich and complex range of society's contemporary "body outlaws"—people from many social locations who violate norms about the private, the repellent, or the forbidden. This collection ventures beyond the conventional focus on the "disciplined body" and instead, …
Body Battlegrounds
Transgressions, Tensions, and Transformations
Inbunden, 2019
1041 kr
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Body Battlegrounds explores the rich and complex lives of society’s body outlaws—individuals from myriad social locations who oppose hegemonic norms, customs, and conventions about the body. Original research chapters (based on textual analysis, qualitative interviews, and participant observation) …
Body Battlegrounds
Transgressions, Tensions, and Transformations
Häftad, 2019
455 kr
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Original research chapters are balanced with personal narratives.
Embodiment: The Basics
Av Samantha Kwan, Trenton M. Haltom
Häftad, 2027
302 kr
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Embodiment: The Basics provides an introduction to a sociological perspective of the body. It illustrates how meanings about the body, as well as experiences of embodiment, are connected to and contingent upon social structures.The book examines social and cultural meanings about the body across …
Embodiment: The Basics
Av Samantha Kwan, Trenton M. Haltom
Inbunden, 2027
2542 kr
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Embodiment: The Basics provides an introduction to a sociological perspective of the body. It illustrates how meanings about the body, as well as experiences of embodiment, are connected to and contingent upon social structures.The book examines social and cultural meanings about the body across …
Under the Knife
Cosmetic Surgery, Boundary Work, and the Pursuit of the Natural Fake
Av Samantha Kwan, Jennifer Graves
Inbunden, 2020
1070 kr
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Most women who elect to have cosmetic surgery want a “natural” outcome-a discrete alteration of the body that appears unaltered. Under the Knife examines this theme in light of a cultural paradox. Whereas women are encouraged to improve their appearance, there is also a stigma associated with those …
Under the Knife
Cosmetic Surgery, Boundary Work, and the Pursuit of the Natural Fake
Av Samantha Kwan, Jennifer Graves
Häftad, 2020
309 kr
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Most women who elect to have cosmetic surgery want a “natural” outcome-a discrete alteration of the body that appears unaltered. Under the Knife examines this theme in light of a cultural paradox. Whereas women are encouraged to improve their appearance, there is also a stigma associated with those …
