Irmgard Tischner

Gebundenes Buch

Fat Lives

A Feminist Psychological Exploration

Beschreibung

Within the context of the current 'obesity debate', this book investigates the embodied experience of 'being large' from a critical psychological perspective.

Autor

Irmgard Tischner is Senior 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. Her research focuses on poststructuralist, feminist and critical psychological approaches to the study of embodiment and subjectivity, particularly in relation to (gendered) discourses of body size, health and physical activity in contemporary western societies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780415680936
• ISBN-10: 041568093X
• Artikelnr.: 37040318