Putting the right face on a wrong body: An initial interpretation of fat identities in social work organizations

Qualitative Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 385-405

  Mik Meyer, Nanna ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

body sociology; fat overweight; health; identity processes; interaction; organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957261350     PISSN: 14733250     EISSN: 17413117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473325010367817     Document Type: Article

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