Fatness and the maternal body : women's experiences of corporeality and the shaping of social policy / edited by Maya Unnithan-Kumar and Soraya Tremayne.

Focusing specifically on the maternal body, contributors to the volume examine how the language and notions of obesity connect with, or stand apart from, wider societal values and moralities to do with the body, fatness, reproduction, and what is considered natural. A."

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Unnithan-Kumar, Maya, 1961- (Editor), Tremayne, Soraya (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.
Series:	Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 22.
Subjects:	Obesity in women. Women > Physiology. Body image in women. Human body > Social aspects. Human body > Symbolic aspects. Overweight persons. Women. Cross-cultural studies. Fertility. women (female humans) MEDICAL > Bariatrics. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural. Body image in women Human body > Social aspects Human body > Symbolic aspects Obesity in women Women > Physiology Cross-cultural studies
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Summary:	Focusing specifically on the maternal body, contributors to the volume examine how the language and notions of obesity connect with, or stand apart from, wider societal values and moralities to do with the body, fatness, reproduction, and what is considered natural. A."
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780857451231 0857451235
Source of Description, Etc. Note:	Print version record.

Fatness and the maternal body : women's experiences of corporeality and the shaping of social policy / edited by Maya Unnithan-Kumar and Soraya Tremayne.

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