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Weighty Problems

Embodied Inequality at a Children's Weight Loss Camp

Weighty Problems( )
Author: Backstrom, Laura
ISBN:978-0-8135-9912-0
Publication Date:Apr 2019
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $150.00
Book Description:

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.

Book Details
Pages:170
Detailed Subjects: Medical / Pediatrics
Health & Fitness / Diet & Nutrition / Weight Loss
Psychology / Personality
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.59 Inches
Book Weight:0.009 Pounds



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