{"product_id":"fatness-and-the-maternal-body-womens-experiences-of-corporeality-and-the-shaping-of-social-policy-22-fertility-reproduction-and-sexuality-social-and-cultural-perspectives-22-9780857451224","title":"Fatness and the Maternal Body Womens Experiences","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing specifically on the maternal body, contributors to the volume examine how the language and notions of obesity connect with, or stand apart from, wider societal values and moralities to do with the body, fatness, reproduction, and what is considered  natural.A\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“…\u003cem\u003ea timely addition to the growing canon of obesity scholarship within anthropology…While any anthropological examination of body weight is likely to incorporate the themes of sex\/gender and kinship, tackling these issues head-on makes this collection especially valuable…an impressive collection of different perspectives on, and stories about, obesity and fatness.\u003c\/em\u003e”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedische Antropologie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe newest edition (Volume 22) to Berghahn Books outstanding 'Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality' series, is a 248-page compendium that has been knowledgeably compiled and deftly edited…Informed and informative, [this volume] is a seminal collection of impressively presented scholarship and a highly recommended addition to personal, professional, and academic library reference collections and supplemental reading lists.\u003c\/em\u003e”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  Library Bookwatch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eAs a volume, this book weaves together many concerns and debates…[It] makes a valuable and fresh contribution to scholarship across a variety of fields and is accessible. The introduction would be particularly suitable as a concise overview to third year undergraduate and MSc students from a wide variety of disciplines. Overall the book would make a strong addition to both undergraduate and postgraduate reading lists.\u003c\/em\u003e”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSociology of Health \u0026amp; Illness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Introduction: Corporeality and Reproduction: Understanding Fatness through the Diverse Experiences of Motherhood, Consumption and Social Regulation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMaya Unnithan-Kumar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Traffic in ‘Nature’: Maternal Bodies and Obesity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMegan Warin, Vivienne Moore and Michael Davies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3\u003c\/strong\u003e. Fat and Fertility, Mobility and Slaves: Long-term Perspectives on Tuareg Obesity and Reproduction\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSara Randall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Women of Great Weight: Fatness, Reproduction and Gender Dynamics in Tuareg Society\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSaskia Walentowitz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eChildbearing, Breast-feeding and Body Weight in Tanzania: Three Bodies, Three Individuals, Many Different Interrelations among the Wagogo (Central Tanzania)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMara Mabilia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e The ‘Obesity Cycle’: The Impact of Maternal Obesity on the Exogenous and Endogenous Causes of Obesity in Offspring in the United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNicola Heslehurst\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Culture, Diet and the Maternal Body: Ghanaian Women’s Perspectives on Food, Fat and Childbearing\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAma de-Graft Aikins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unhealthy, Unwealthy, Unwise: Social Policy and Nutritional Education in a Disadvantaged Community in Ireland\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eShauna Clarke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Maharaja Mac: Changing Dietary Patterns in India\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDevi Sridhar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Is there a Relation between Fatness and Reproductive Health? 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