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Fat Lives: A Feminist Psychological Exploration
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Fat Lives: A Feminist Psychological Exploration Paperback - 2012 - 1st Edition

by Irmgard Tischner


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  • Title Fat Lives: A Feminist Psychological Exploration
  • Author Irmgard Tischner
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 166
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 2012-12
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780415680943 / 0415680948
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.4 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.02 cm)
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Women's Studies
  • Library of Congress subjects Weight loss - Social aspects, Body image in women
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012021177
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.196

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About the author

Irmgard Tischner is Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology at the University of Worcester and associate member of the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Her research focuses on poststructuralist, feminist and critical psychological approaches to the study of embodiment and subjectivity, particularly in relation to (gendered) discourses of body size, health and physical activity in contemporary western societies.

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Paperback / softback. New. 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 that are produced by these. Using the issues of body size and 'fat' as an illustration, the book describes the benefits of exploring psychological and social matters from a poststructuralist perspective, and the dangers inherent in taking reductionist approaches to public health and other social issues. As such, this book should be of particular interest to… Read More
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