02941nam 2200661Ia 450 991046140160332120200520144314.00-85745-123-5(CKB)2670000000107885(EBL)745327(OCoLC)746746877(SSID)ssj0000536605(PQKBManifestationID)12200747(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536605(PQKBWorkID)10563665(PQKB)10106049(MiAaPQ)EBC745327(Au-PeEL)EBL745327(CaPaEBR)ebr10490230(CaONFJC)MIL536853(EXLCZ)99267000000010788520110425d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFatness and the maternal body[electronic resource] women's experiences of corporeality and the shaping of social policy /edited by Maya Unnithan-Kumar and Soraya TremayneNew York Berghahn Booksc20111 online resource (248 p.)Fertility, reproduction and sexualityDescription based upon print version of record.0-85745-122-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexFocusing 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""Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality.Obesity in womenWomenPhysiologyBody image in womenHuman bodySocial aspectsHuman bodySymbolic aspectsElectronic books.Obesity in women.WomenPhysiology.Body image in women.Human bodySocial aspects.Human bodySymbolic aspects.362.196/3980082Unnithan-Kumar Maya1961-882164Tremayne Soraya882165MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461401603321Fatness and the maternal body1970412UNINA