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Author:
Monaghan, Lee F., 1972-
Title:
Men and the war on obesity : a sociological study / Lee F. Monaghan.
Publisher:
Routledge,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
xiii, 214 p. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Obesity--Social aspects.
Weight loss--Social aspects.
Obesity in men.
Overweight men.
Obesity--psychology.
Diet, Reducing--psychology.
Men--psychology.
Social Perception.
Weight Loss.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-205) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : beyond militarized medicine -- Bodily alignment and accounts : from excuses to repudiation -- Smoking guns, wartime injury and survival : men and dieting -- McDonaldizing men's bodies? : rationalization, irrationalities and resistances -- Physical activity and obesity fighting campaigns : men's critical talk -- Conclusion : social fitness and health at every size.
ISBN:
0203929578 (ebk)
9780203929575 (ebk)
0415407125 (pbk)
9780415407120 (pbk)
0415407117 (hbk)
9780415407113 (hbk)
LCCN:
2007037745
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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