“I'm Just a Woman Having a Baby”: Negotiating and Resisting the Problematization of Pregnancy Fatness

This article explores how fat pregnant people construct successful narratives around their pregnancies and birthing. Fat pregnant people are a critical site for the war on fatness; viewed as irresponsible: threatening the health of their pregnancy, and the far-off future of their child. Contemporary...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: George Parker, Cat Pausé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Sociology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsoc.2018.00005/full