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. |
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Format: | Printed Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
c2011.
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Series: | Fertility, reproduction and sexuality
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