Terug Terug

Women and Dieting Culture Inside a Commercial Weight Loss Group

Name: Women and Dieting Culture
Author: Kandi Stinson

Auteur: Kandi Stinson

Taal: Engels

Afbeeldingen

Artikel vergelijken

Vergelijk met andere artikelen

Bekijk nu

Auteur: Kandi Stinson

Engels
Paperback
9780813529493
01 juni 2001
256 pagina's

Alle productspecificaties

Samenvatting

Commercial weight loss organizations have come under attack from feminist scholars for perpetuating the values that cause women to obsess about their weight. This book asks how these values are transmitted and how the women who join such organizations actually think about their bodies.

American women invest millions of dollars, as well as much time and energy, in a quest for a body that meets our culture’s standard of beauty—slenderness. Since we define a woman’s sexual attractiveness as essential to her social worth, it is no wonder that “fat is a feminist issue.”

Commercial weight loss organizations have come under attack from feminist scholars for perpetuating the very social values that cause women to obsess about their weight. In Women and Dieting Culture, sociologist Kandi Stinson asks how these values are transmitted and how the women who join such organizations actually think about their bodies and weight loss. As part of her research, Stinson fully participated in a national, commercial weight-loss organization as a paying member. Her acute analysis and sensitive insider’s portrayal vividly illustrate the central roles dieting and body image play in women’s lives.

As she experiences the program and interviews other members, Stinson discovers that the women view the causes and cures of being overweight according to five distinct, though often overlapping, concepts: self-help, work, religion, addiction, and feminism. Drawing extensively on the dieters’ own words, Stinson explores each of these concepts and outlines how they form interrelated patterns which, when analyzed, yield an exciting new perspective on the transmission of cultural values.

Armed with fresh insights into how women feel about weight and their bodies, Stinson finally ponders the question: Can one be a feminist and still wish to lose weight?

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 juni 2001
Aantal pagina's: 256
Illustraties: Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur: Kandi Stinson
Hoofduitgeverij: Rutgers University Press

Overige kenmerken

Editie: New title
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 130 mm
Product hoogte: 17 mm
Product lengte: 230 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 152 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 13 mm
Verpakking lengte: 229 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 422 g

EAN

EAN: 9780813529493

Je vindt dit artikel in

Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Gezondheid & Lichaam

Sociale groepen

Genderstudies

Vrouwen & Meisjes

Boeken
Taal: Engels
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?: Boek
Land: Verenigde Staten
Studieboek of algemeen: Algemene boeken

Reviews

Nog geen reviews

Hoe controleren en plaatsen wij reviews? Hoe controleren en plaatsen wij reviews?

Negatief, positief, neutraal: we zetten een review altijd online. We controleren wel eerst of ’ie voldoet aan onze reviewvoorwaarden en niet nep is. We controleren ook of ’ie is geschreven door iemand die het artikel heeft gekocht via bol.com en zetten dit er dan bij. De controles gebeuren automatisch, al kijken er soms mensen mee. Bol.com betaalt niet voor reviews. Als een reviewer door een andere partij is vergoed, staat dit in de review zelf.