SOC 808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Slow Food, Jamie Oliver'S Food Revolution, Dietitian
11 Dec 2017
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Is different from obesity studies, obesity is the medicalized term for fat bodies. When you medicalize something, it becomes a problem. There is a neglect of the research and relativity new that suggests you can be fat and healthily. E. g. bmi is apart of the medicalized project - it teaches you to be a moralized citizen. Fat studies is being critical (its transdisciplinary), says you can still be healthy while having a higher bmi. Obesity research is the dominant paradigm - it produces social stigma and self-esteem issues (the discrimination effect on the body) * fat studies problematizes the medicalization of the body. Identity is defined as something that is fixed, while subjectivity acknowledges who you are at one place is very different from who you are somewhere else. Acknowledges different subjectivity that make up a persons experience in society (we can"t look at sexism without looking at racism)
