by Lee F. Monaghan – This chapter draws from critical weight/fat studies and other literature (e.g., medical sociology, critical studies on men) when reinterpreting male bodies and health in crisis times. Rather than endorsing an individualizing, pathologizing, depoliticizing “problem frame” wherein the majority of male bodies are deemed to be deficient (lazy, greedy, ill, risky, irresponsible), this chapter underscores the significance of …
