Weighty problems: embodied inequality at a children's weight loss camp
Auteur :
Backstrom, Laura
Éditeur :
Rutgers University Press
ISBN :
9780813599113
Date de publication :
5 avr. 2019
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
227 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Missing from debates over what caused the rise in childhood obesity and how to fix it are the children themselves. By investigating how contemporary cultural discourses of childhood obesity are experienced by children, Laura Backstrom illustrates how deeply fat stigma is internalized during the early socialization experiences of children.