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Wathne, Kjetil – Sport, Education and Society, 2011
In contemporary obesity discourse, physical activity is routinely portrayed as essential regarding weight regulation. This axiom tends to neglect that health-enhancing exercise may involve categorically different sets of corporeal experiences for obese individuals than for people of other weight categories. Rather, obese people are seen as…
Descriptors: Obesity, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Semiotics
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Rysst, Mari – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2010
Based in experience-near anthropology, this article explores constructions of gender by 10-year-old Norwegian girls who are informed by a developmental discourse and by new clothing-fashion codes. The analysis reveals gaps in aesthetic understanding between the clothing-fashion industry, preteen girls and older generations. The industry seems to…
Descriptors: Females, Industry, Anthropology, Ethics