Genaro Castro-Vázquez

Masculinity and Body Weight in Japan

Grappling with Metabolic Syndrome

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on the concept of the somatic self, Castro-Vázquez explores how Japanese men think about, express and interpret their experiences concerning bodyweight control.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780367340575
• ISBN-10: 0367340577
• Artikelnr.: 69983624

Autorenporträt

Genaro Castro-Vázquez is Professor of Asian Studies at Kansai Gaidai University, Japan

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 From Obesity and Overweight to Metabolic Syndrome
2 The Somatic Self and the Japanese
3 The Somatic Self, Metabolic Syndrome and the Mass Media
4 The Somatic Self of Some 'Chubby' (debu) Men
5 The Somatic Self of Some Beefy and Slim-muscular Japanese Men
6 The Somatic Self and Culinary Practices of Japanese Men
7 The Somatic Self and Social Class of Some Japanese Men
Conclusion
Index