Interpreting Weight: The Social Management of Fatness and Thinness (Social Problems and Social Issues (Walter Paperback))
Jeffery Sobal
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Description for Interpreting Weight: The Social Management of Fatness and Thinness (Social Problems and Social Issues (Walter Paperback))
Paperback. This text focuses on how people construct fatness and thinness, examining different strategies used to interpret body weight, such as negotiating weight identities, reinterpreting weight, and becoming involved in weight-related organizations. Editor(s): Sobal, Jeffrey; Maurer, Donna. Series: Social Problems & Social Issues S. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHM; JMAL; JMS; MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
What is "too fat?" "Too thin"? Interpretations of body weight vary widely across and within cultures. Meeting weight expectations is a major concern for many people because failing to do so may incur dire social consequences, such as difficulty in finding a romantic partner or even in locating adequate employment. Without these social and cultural pressures, body weight would be only a health issue. While socially constructed standards of body weight may seem immutable, they are continuously re-created through social interactions that perpetuate or transform expectations about fatness and thinness.Understanding social constructions of body weight requires insight regarding how people ... Read more
What is "too fat?" "Too thin"? Interpretations of body weight vary widely across and within cultures. Meeting weight expectations is a major concern for many people because failing to do so may incur dire social consequences, such as difficulty in finding a romantic partner or even in locating adequate employment. Without these social and cultural pressures, body weight would be only a health issue. While socially constructed standards of body weight may seem immutable, they are continuously re-created through social interactions that perpetuate or transform expectations about fatness and thinness.Understanding social constructions of body weight requires insight regarding how people ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Aldine Transaction
Condition
New
Series
Social Problems & Social Issues S.
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Somerset, United States
ISBN
9780202305783
SKU
V9780202305783
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