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The Politics of Weight

- Feminist Dichotomies of Power in Dieting
Af: Amelia Greta Morris Engelsk Hardback

The Politics of Weight

- Feminist Dichotomies of Power in Dieting
Af: Amelia Greta Morris Engelsk Hardback
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This book speaks to the politics of weight through an interrogation of dieting, power and the body. In feminist theory, there is no greater site of contestation than that of the body, and Morris explores how these debates often become centred upon a dichotomy between oppression and liberation. Whilst there is a vast diversity of scholarship that challenges this binary including post-colonial, post-structuralist and Marxist feminist work, the dichotomy nevertheless endures. The Politics of Weight argues that the ''feminine'' body is not simply a site of oppression or liberation by drawing upon the intersections that exist between Foucault''s Discipline and Punish and post-structuralist feminist work on the body. This provides a unique lens for exploring weight. Through in-depth analysis of interviews with women who seemingly sit on either side of the ''oppression'' and ''liberation'' debate, members of dieting clubs and fat activists, the book highlights the complexities that surround women''s relationship to weight and the body. Likewise it draws upon the wealth of black feminist scholarship to explore the discourses surrounding Oprah Winfrey''s dieting ''journey,'' seeking to demonstrate how discipline and race interact and how this plays out in dieting and weight.

The Politics of Weight will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including gender studies, sociology, geography and political science.


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This book speaks to the politics of weight through an interrogation of dieting, power and the body. In feminist theory, there is no greater site of contestation than that of the body, and Morris explores how these debates often become centred upon a dichotomy between oppression and liberation. Whilst there is a vast diversity of scholarship that challenges this binary including post-colonial, post-structuralist and Marxist feminist work, the dichotomy nevertheless endures. The Politics of Weight argues that the ''feminine'' body is not simply a site of oppression or liberation by drawing upon the intersections that exist between Foucault''s Discipline and Punish and post-structuralist feminist work on the body. This provides a unique lens for exploring weight. Through in-depth analysis of interviews with women who seemingly sit on either side of the ''oppression'' and ''liberation'' debate, members of dieting clubs and fat activists, the book highlights the complexities that surround women''s relationship to weight and the body. Likewise it draws upon the wealth of black feminist scholarship to explore the discourses surrounding Oprah Winfrey''s dieting ''journey,'' seeking to demonstrate how discipline and race interact and how this plays out in dieting and weight.

The Politics of Weight will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including gender studies, sociology, geography and political science.


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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 203
ISBN-13: 9783030136697
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 3030136698
Kategori: Feminisme og feministisk teori
Udg. Dato: 23 maj 2019
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 148mm
Højde: 210mm
Forlag: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Oplagsdato: 23 maj 2019
Forfatter(e): Amelia Greta Morris
Forfatter(e) Amelia Greta Morris

Kategori Feminisme og feministisk teori

ISBN-13 9783030136697

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 203

Udgave

Længde 0mm

Bredde 148mm

Højde 210mm

Udg. Dato 23 maj 2019

Oplagsdato 23 maj 2019

Forlag Springer Nature Switzerland AG