'A beautiful show of strength': Weight loss and the fat activist self

This article explores the disciplinary and productive effects of late 20th-century/early 21st-century discourse around the obesity epidemic. For my purposes, both the Fat Activist and Weight Loss Surgery patient may be seen as outcomes of this discursive proliferation. Based on a content analysis of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Health (London, England : 1997) England : 1997), 2011-03, Vol.15 (2), p.188-205
1. Verfasser:	Meleo-Erwin, Zoë C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Activism Analysis Bariatric Surgery - psychology Biomedicine Body Weight Borders Discourse Discourse analysis Foucault, Michel Health Humans Identity Internet Knowledge Obesity Obesity - psychology Obesity - surgery Patients Power Public health Social Identification Surgery Techniques Weight control Weight Loss
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