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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461401603321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, c2011

ISBN

0-85745-123-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Fertility, reproduction and sexuality

Altri autori (Persone)

Unnithan-KumarMaya <1961->

TremayneSoraya

Disciplina

362.196/3980082

Soggetti

Obesity in women

Women - Physiology

Body image in women

Human body - Social aspects

Human body - Symbolic aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fatness and the Maternal Body; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Traffic in 'Nature'; Chapter 3. Fat and Fertility, Mobility and Slaves; Chapter 4. Women of Great Weight; Chapter 5. Childbearing, Breastfeeding and Body Weight in Tanzania; Chapter 6. The 'Obesity Cycle'; Chapter 7. Culture, Diet and the Maternal Body; Chapter 8. Unhealthy, Unwealthy, Unwise; Chapter 9. The Maharaja Mac; Chapter 10. Is there a Relation between Fatness and Reproductive Health?; Chapter 11. Reproducing Inequalities; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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""