Honorable Mention, Sociology of the Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given
by the Body and Embodiment Section of the American Sociological Association The …

As befits an emerging field of enquiry, there is on-going discussion about the scope, role
and future of the medical humanities. One relatively recent contribution to this debate …

This exploratory study examines how people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
(IDD) define and experience sexuality in the context of their identities as self-advocates …

In his account of the medical profession's ascent, Paul Starr drew a distinction between the
social authority of physicians and the cultural authority of medicine—between doctors' …

The phrase" dude food" likely brings to mind a range of images: burgers stacked impossibly
high with an assortment of toppings that were themselves once considered a meal; crazed …

Attention to culinary care can enrich the framing of health within medical anthropology. We
focus on care practices in six Latin American kitchens to illuminate forms of health not …

This article explores the dynamics between fat shaming, neoliberalism, ideological
constructions of health and the 'obesity epidemic'within the UK, using the UK Government's …

In this paper I discuss how a Physical Cultural Studies approach offers a different way of
understanding the complex experiences of health, emotional wellbeing and (in) active …

This article examines the phenomenology of body shame in the context of the clinical
encounter, using the television program 'Embarrassing Bodies' as illustrative. I will expand …

Despite the simple name, biomedicine is not simply the area of overlap between biology and
medicine. It is a framework, a set of philosophical commitments, a global institution woven …