Biography
Karin Eli is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford, UK. Stanley Ulijaszek is Professor of Anthropology at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology and Director of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity and of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford, UK. He is co-editor of Insecurity, Inequality, and Obesity in Affluent Societies; The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development; Health Change in the Asia-Pacific Region; and Holistic Anthropology: Emergence and Convergence, and editor of Health Intervention in Less Developed Nations.
’This wide-ranging collection challenges the popular polarisation of obese and emaciated bodies and provokes critical reflection on the ways in which such bodies - and knowledge about them - are framed, constructed, mediated and mobilised. Materialities, discourse and lived experiences are masterfully drawn together in a dynamic discussion that traverses print, television and social media. The resulting account of the multiple entanglements between media, science, policy and practice is a must read for anyone concerned with this critical field of study.’ Emma-Jayne Abbots, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, UK ’This thoroughly researched, critically sensitive and timely collection of scholarly analyses of news media coverage of eating disorders and obesity exemplifies the value of investigating news as a key arena for wider struggles over the definition and responses to major social problems. This volume will be of great interest and value to students and scholars in the disciplines of media studies, cultural studies, health, and sociology, especially those who are investigating health issues and the media.’ Catriona Bonfiglioli, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
