Dialogue with immigrant mothers from chinese and tamil communities to explore homogenization, normalization, and objectification of their body

Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ferrari, Manuela ^a   McVey, Gail ^b   Rummens, Joanna Anneke ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b Community Health Systems Resource Group ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Body image concerns; Bordo's empire of images; Eating disorders; Immigrant women; Objectification theory; Participatory methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878833118     PISSN: 14385627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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