Bodies over borders: The sized body and geographies of transnationalism |
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Authors: | Jenny Lloyd |
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Institution: | Department of Geography, Newcastle University, 5th Floor Daysh, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK |
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Abstract: | This article connects the study of transnationalism with the growing area of fat studies. It proposes that a ‘trans-sizing’ approach to the body has the potential to illuminate both accounts of transnational migration and the body. I conclude by outlining two research agendas with the aim of expanding the focus of work on fatness and transnationalism; first, through focusing on (anti)obesity discourse in China, and second, on the relational experiences of migrant encounters in global cities. |
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Keywords: | transnationalism fat studies bodies critical geography embodiment Asia |
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