Fatness and the maternal body : women's experiences of corporeality and the shaping of social policy /

Obesity is a rising global health problem. On the one hand a clearly defined medical condition, it is at the same time a corporeal state embedded in the social and cultural perception of fatness, body shape and size. Focusing specifically on the maternal body, contributors to the volume examine how...

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Other Authors: Unnithan-Kumar, Maya, 1961-, Tremayne, Soraya.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, c2011.
Series:Fertility, reproduction and sexuality
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