dc.contributor.author | Abudulai, Evelyn D. M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-04T12:59:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-09-04T12:59:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-09-04 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54071 | |
dc.description.abstract | A perceived global obesity epidemic, accorded the imprimatur of the WHO, has led to a moral panic and quest for causation fuelled by a dominant biomedical discourse that constructs obesity as a facile issue of individual lifestyle choice, and a consequent spotlight on maternal bodies as a probable source of obesity. This thesis utilizes a feminist poststructural methodology in tandem with a SDOH lens to explore the meaning ascribed by two pregnant women to their everyday experiences of obesity. The result indicates a submersion of maternal obesity in a biomedico-moral discourse epitomizes their everyday experiences of constraining power relations. Notably, a singular biomedical approach to the multifaceted issue of maternal obesity in preclusion of a kaleidoscope of contextual factors, leads to a labeling of these women based on their bodyweight and upholds social inequities that make, paradoxically, the very maternal-fetal health it ostensibly seeks to promote the ultimate casualty. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | obesity, pregnancy, feminist poststructuralism, discourse analysis | en_US |
dc.title | Maternal Bodies And Obesity: Rethinking Dominant Perspectives, Exploring A Path Less Travelled | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2014-08-05 | |
dc.contributor.department | School of Nursing | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Nursing | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Dr. Audrey Steenbeek | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Marilyn Macdonald | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Andrea Chircop, Dr. Sara Kirk | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Megan Aston | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Received | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |