Weighty Problems Embodied Inequality at a Children's Weight Loss Camp |
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| Author:
| Backstrom, Laura |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-9911-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2019 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.95 |
Book Description:
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By investigating how contemporary cultural discourses of childhood obesity are experienced by children, Laura Backstrom illustrates how deeply fat stigma is internalized during the early socialization experiences of children. Weighty Problems finds that embodied inequality is constructed and negotiated through a number of interactional processes including resocialization, stigma management, social comparisons, and attribution.
By investigating how contemporary cultural discourses of childhood obesity are experienced by children, Laura Backstrom illustrates how deeply fat stigma is internalized during the early socialization experiences of children. Weighty Problems finds that embodied inequality is constructed and negotiated through a number of interactional processes including resocialization, stigma management, social comparisons, and attribution.