Heavy Burdens

Stories of Motherhood and Fatness

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Heavy Burdens: Stories of Motherhood and Fatness seeks to address the systemic ways in which the moral panic around “obesity” impacts fat mothers and fat children. Taking a life-course approach, the book begins with analyses of the ways in which fatphobia is enacted on pregnant (or even not-yet-pregnant) women, whose bodies become viewed

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-12-03
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt328 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor195
FörlagDemeter Press
ISBN9781772581744

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Judy Verseghy is a recent graduate of the MA program in Critical Disability Studies at York University in Toronto, Ontario. Her academic interests include mothering, caregiving, mental health, autism, and fat studies. She is a mother of three humans and three fur babies, and loves all of them deeply (and widely). Sam Abel is a practicing social worker, a PhD candidate, and an artist. Her social work practice focuses on refugee settlement, mental health, body acceptance, and familial relationships. Sam's academic research explores the experiences of fat people in health care and in the fashion industry.