Samantha started following the work of Michael Sappol, National Library of Medicine (USA), History of Medicine Division.
Samantha started following the work of Susan Knabe, The University of Western Ontario, Women's Studies and Feminist Research.
Samantha started following the work of 2 people.
Samantha
Fat Studies: A Critical Dialogue Conference 10 - 11 September, 2010 Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Visit http://www.somatechnics.mq.edu
Faculty Member, Critical & Cultural Studies
Lecturer in Critical and Cultural Studies
About
My research interests are primarily in Fat Studies, critical medical studies, public health discourse, obesity panic, appearance and embodiment. I am currently working on a critical examination of the discursive construction of bariatric surgery in the context of the alleged 'obesity epidemic', and the lived experiences of post-operative bariatric patients.
I am the author of "The ‘Fat’ Female Body" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), and the forthcoming "Fat Panic and Disciplined Embodiment: ‘Health’ and Bodily Aesthetics in the Management of 'Obesity'" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). I also co-edited "Somatechnics: Queering the Technologisation of Bodies" (Ashgate: 2009), and have published numerous articles and chapters on embodiment and the discursive constructions of normalcy and pathology. I am co-Chief Editor of the new journal "Somatechnics" published twice annually (May and September) with Edinburgh University Press.
