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正題名/作者:
The politics of weight/ by Amelia Morris.
其他題名:
feminist dichotomies of power in dieting /
作者:
Morris, Amelia.
出版者:
Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2019.,
面頁冊數:
ix, 203 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:
Springer eBooks
標題:
Obesity in women - Psychological aspects. -
電子資源:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13670-3
ISBN:
9783030136703
The politics of weight = feminist dichotomies of power in dieting /
Morris, Amelia.
The politics of weight
feminist dichotomies of power in dieting /[electronic resource] :by Amelia Morris. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2019. - ix, 203 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
1. Watching our Weight: An Introduction -- 2. The Dichotomy of Power: Feminist Debates on the Body -- 3. The Dichotomy of Power in Dieting -- 4. The 'O' Factor: Foucault, Race and Oprah's Body Journey -- 5. Fat Activism and Body Positivity: freedom from dieting? -- 6. The Body, Power and Dieting: Beyond the Binary.
This book speaks to the politics of weight through an interrogation of dieting, power and the body. In feminist theory, there is no greater site of contestation than that of the body, and Morris explores how these debates often become centred upon a dichotomy between oppression and liberation. Whilst there is a vast diversity of scholarship that challenges this binary including post-colonial, post-structuralist and Marxist feminist work, the dichotomy nevertheless endures. The Politics of Weight argues that the 'feminine' body is not simply a site of oppression or liberation by drawing upon the intersections that exist between Foucault's Discipline and Punish and post-structuralist feminist work on the body. This provides a unique lens for exploring weight. Through in-depth analysis of interviews with women who seemingly sit on either side of the 'oppression' and 'liberation' debate, members of dieting clubs and fat activists, the book highlights the complexities that surround women's relationship to weight and the body. Likewise it draws upon the wealth of black feminist scholarship to explore the discourses surrounding Oprah Winfrey's dieting 'journey,' seeking to demonstrate how discipline and race interact and how this plays out in dieting and weight. The Politics of Weight will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including gender studies, sociology, geography and political science.
ISBN: 9783030136703
Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-13670-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:
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Dewey Class. No.: 616.85260082
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