Fat

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. Thinking about fat: a review of different perspectives
3. Governing fat bodies
4. The transgressive fat body
5. Being/feeling fat
6. Reframing fat: fat activism and size acceptance politics

About the author

Deborah Lupton is Centenary Research Professor in the Faculty of Arts & Design, University of Canberra. She is an internationally renowned sociologist and the author/co-author of fifteen other books, the latest of which are Digital Health: Critical and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives, The Quantified Self: A Sociology of Self-Tracking and Digital Sociology.

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Lupton, Lupton Deborah
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2018
• EAN: 9781138493049
• ISBN: 978-1-138-49304-9
• No. of pages: 130
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Diets, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / Weight Loss, Medical Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies, HEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living & Personal Hygiene