Title Extreme weight loss : life before and after bariatric surgery / Sarah Trainer, Alexandra Brewis, and Amber Wutich

Published New York : New York University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (213 pages) Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Weight as Pathology -- 2 Weight as Judgment -- 3 Weight Loss as Success -- 4 Weight, Worry, and Surveillance -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A Ethnographic Methods -- Appendix B The Survey -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Authors Summary "Bariatric surgery rates have increased exponentially, both within the United States and worldwide. At a time when dieting is widespread throughout the US and beyond, bariatric surgery, most commonly gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy, is one of the only effective interventions for rapid and sustained weight loss. The surgeries, however, are not without their controversy. Public perceptions of surgery recipients often paint them as lazy for taking the easy way out, and pictures of the bypassed gut and reduced stomach often provoke shivers of revulsion. Individuals who experience surgery must deal with such perceptions, while also becoming accustomed to their dramatically changed physical bodies. This book is based on four years of ethnographic research in one particular bariatric program in the US. The key theme of the book centers on the concept of physical weight, as well as the less visible social weights that accompany it. Weight is intimately bound up with a great deal of social suffering in the world today, and yet, because of cultural perceptions that fatness is a physical reflection of moral laziness, the suffering is rendered unsympathetic and even invisible. In this volume, we delve into the perspectives and experiences of people who have lived with excess weight and who then, through surgery, have brought their bodies more in-line with social expectations and societal norms"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 02, 2021) Subject Obesity -- Surgery -- Popular works Gastric bypass. Weight loss. Obesity. Obesity -- Social aspects Ethnology -- Methodology. Gastric Bypass Biliopancreatic Diversion Weight Loss Obesity SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. Ethnology -- Methodology Gastric bypass Obesity Obesity -- Social aspects Obesity -- Surgery Weight loss Genre/Form Popular works Form Electronic book Author Brewis, Alexandra, author. Wutich, Amber, author. LC no. 2020028183 ISBN 9781479857265 1479857262 9781479879274 1479879274

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