In recent decades the rise of the so-called" global obesity epidemic" has led to fatness and
fat bodies being debated incessantly in popular, professional, and academic arenas …

In the US, the weight of LGBTQ people—and sexual minority women in particular—is a key
focus for those addressing sexual and gender minority health disparities. Sociomedical …

This updated, new edition of Introducing Cultural Studies provides a systematic and
comprehensible introduction to the concepts, debates and latest research in the field …

In this modern day and age, it is surprising that managerialist perspectives, practices and
ideas are colonising the study of sexualities in organisation. A timely intervention into the …

We are in constant dialogue with fat. We consider where our fat lives on our bodies—how to
grow it, contain it, remove it, and prevent it. We check fat grams and make choices about …

Ideal bodies are constituted through various social and cultural discourses. One such
discourse that constitutes bodies is the “obesity” discourse. The term obesity is a contested …

Postfeminism and Body Image is a groundbreaking work that provides a poststructuralist
and psychosocial analysis of key issues at the intersections of body image, psychology and …

Despite the popularity of Skype with video many of us are still figuring out how to 'do'it.
Interviews reveal that we can now run the programme but we are less certain about how to …

This article brings together two concepts,'phantom fat'and 'liminal fat', which both aim to
grasp how fat in contemporary culture becomes a kind of material immateriality, corporeality …

The introductory chapter will introduce the topic of the Handbook and explain the role of the
International Handbook of Fat Studies. It will provide a brief overview of the history of Fat …