Surveiller et maigrir. Sociologie des modes de contrainte dans un groupe commercial d’amaigrissement

Muriel Darmon ()
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Muriel Darmon: Groupe de recherche sur la socialisation, CNRS/Université Lyon 2/ENS de Lyon, Université Lyon 2, bâtiment K, 5 avenue Pierre Mendès-France, CP 11, 69676 Bron cedex, France

Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - Revue d'Etudes en Agriculture et Environnement, 2010, vol. 91, issue 2, 209-228

Abstract: [paper in French] How to make people lose weight? Based on an ethnographic study of a commercial weight-loss group, this article analyses how such an organization rely on specific modes of surveillance aimed at controlling the participants’ attitudes and behaviours. The article enlightens different agencies of this social control, such as group leaders, peer pressure, or domestic partners. It insists on the role played by writing and written materials as key tools in this body discipline.

Keywords: food; self-help; social control; body; writing; institution; participant observation; diet (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I18 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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