Overview
- Editors:
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Emma Rich
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University of Bath, UK
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Lee F. Monaghan
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University of Limerick, Ireland
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Lucy Aphramor
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Coventry University, UK
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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- Emma Rich, Lee F. Monaghan, Lucy Aphramor
Pages 1-35
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- Lee F. Monaghan, Michael Hardey
Pages 60-89
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- Irmgard Tischner, Helen Malson
Pages 90-114
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- Bethan Evans, Rachel Colls
Pages 115-138
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- Emma Rich, John Evans, Laura De Pian
Pages 139-163
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- Lucy Aphramor, Jacqui Gingras
Pages 192-218
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- Lee F. Monaghan, Emma Rich, Lucy Aphramor
Pages 219-258
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Back Matter
Pages 259-270
About this book
This book brings together critical perspectives on some of the recent claims associated with the obesity crisis. It develops both theoretical and conceptual arguments around the obesity debate, as well as taking a more practical focus in terms of implications for the health professions to outline an agenda for a 'critical weight studies'.
Reviews
'This collection has certainly succeeded inexpressing critical concerns on the obesity discourse and in contributing to the development of critical weight studies.' - Sociology of Health& Illness
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Bath, UK
Emma Rich
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University of Limerick, Ireland
Lee F. Monaghan
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Coventry University, UK
Lucy Aphramor
About the editors
PAUL CAMPOS is Professor of Law, University of Colorado, USA
CHARLOTTE COOPER is a Queer Fat Activist based in London, and currently a Government of Ireland PhD Scholar at the University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland, courtesy of the Irish Social Sciences Platform
RACHEL COLLS is Lecturer in Human Geography at Durham University, UK
LAURA DE PIAN is a Doctoral Research Student in the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Loughborough University, UK
BETHAN EVANS is Lecturer in Geography and Medical Humanities at Durham University, UK
JOHN EVANS is Professor of Sociology of Education and Physical Education at Loughborough University, UK
JACQUI GINGRAS is an Assistant Professor at the School of Nutrition, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
HELEN MALSON is a Reader in Social Psychology in the Centre for Appearance Research at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
IRMGARD TISCHNER is a 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, UK