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" Critical bodies : "
edited by Sarah Riley, Maree Burns, Hannah Frith, Sally Wiggins and Pirkko Markula.
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BL
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993789
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b748159
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| Title & Author
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Critical bodies : : representations, identities, and practices of weight and body management /\ edited by Sarah Riley, Maree Burns, Hannah Frith, Sally Wiggins and Pirkko Markula.
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| Publication Statement
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2008.
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xii, 206 pages ;; 23 cm
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0230517730
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: 9780230517738
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introducing critical bodies : representations, identities and practices of weight and body management / Pirkko Markula, Maree Burns and Sarah Riley -- Section I. Representations and constructions of body weight and body management / Sally Wiggins. Deconstructing un/healthy body-weight and weight management / Helen Malson ; 'I feel ridiculous about having had it' : critical readings of lived and mediated stories on eating disorders / Paula Saukko ; Learning to be healthy, dying to be thin : the representations of weight via body perfection codes in schools / Emma Rich and John Evans -- Section II. Constructing embodied identities / Hannah Frith. Starving in cyberspace : the construction of identity on 'pro-eating-disorder' websites / Katy Day and Tammy Keys ; Body talk : negotiating body image and masculinity / Rosalind Gill ; Feminist object relations theory and eating 'disorders' / Colleen Heenan -- Section III. Meanings of body management practices : women's experiences / Pirkko Markula. Dis/orders of weight control : bulimic and/or 'healthy weight' practices / Maree Burns and Nicola Gavey ; Sustaining imbalance : evidence of neglect in the pursuit of nutritional health / Lucy Aphramor and Jacqui Gingras ; Older and younger women's experiences of commercial weight loss / Debra Gimlin -- Conclusion : Critical bodies : discourses of health, gender and consumption / Sarah Riley [and 4 others].
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| Abstract
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This title showcases a selection of work and debates on weight and body management practices that are being produced from the vibrant arena of critical and postmodern approaches in the social sciences.
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Body image-- Psychological aspects.
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Body weight-- Regulation.
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Human body-- Social aspects.
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alimentation-- troubles-- corps humain-- régime alimentaire-- 21e s. (début), études diverses.
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Body image-- Psychological aspects.
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Body weight-- Regulation.
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corps humain-- poids-- société (milieu humain)-- 21e s. (début), études diverses.
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Human body-- Social aspects.
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image du corps-- Occident-- poids-- société (milieu humain)-- 21e s. (début), études diverses.
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Essstörung.
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Essstörung.
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Körperbild.
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Körperbild.
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Soziologie.
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Soziologie.
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Body Image.
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Feeding and Eating Disorders-- psychology.
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Eetstoornissen.
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Lichaamsbewustheid.
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Lichaamsgewicht.
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Body Weight.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.4/613
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| LC Classification
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BF697.5.B63C75 2008
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2008 A-844
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WM 175C934 2008
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44.91bcl
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Burns, Maree,1970-
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Frith, Hannah,1971-
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Markula, Pirkko,1961-
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Riley, Sarah,1970-
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Wiggins, Sally,1975-
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