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Fat lives [electronic resource] : a feminist psychological exploration / Irmgard Tischner.

Tischner, Irmgard.
2013
RC628 .T56 2013eb
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Title
Fat lives [electronic resource] : a feminist psychological exploration / Irmgard Tischner.
Author
Tischner, Irmgard.
ISBN
9780203079898 (electronic book)
9780415680936
9780415680943
Published
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (166 pages).
Call Number
RC628 .T56 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.1963/980082
Summary
Ever caught somebody - or yourself - checking out the content of a 'fat' person's supermarket trolley? Ever wondered what lies behind this behaviour, or what it might be like to be at the receiving end of this judging gaze? Within the context of the current 'obesity debate', this book investigates the embodied experience of 'being large' from a critical psychological perspective. Using poststructuralist and feminist theories, the author explores the discourses available to and used by self-designated 'fat' individuals, as well as the societal power relationships....
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Women and psychology.
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Fat lives.
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A mantra of body weight, health and lifestyle : setting the scene for fat lives
Putting the fat body in context
Exploring fat lives
Women's in/visible 'large bodies' : always visible but rarely seen
"I just wear clothes to keep me warm"
Health, well-being and the responsible fat woman
Gendering fat
The experience of being fat.

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