Katrina-Louise Moseley
Biographic Data
| ID | 6561065 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katrina-Louise Moseley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katrina-Louise |
| FAMILY NAME | Moseley |
| SIGNATURE | MOSELEY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wolfson College, University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9811-9031 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From Beveridge Britain to Birds Eye Britain
By the late 1980s, ‘healthy eating’ had largely failed as a public health discourse in Britain. Rather than providing consumers with a clear set of behavioural guidelines, it had fragmented into a confusing and ill-defined set of messages. In direct contrast to the anti-smoking campaign, which had succeeded in convincing large swathes of the British population to quit an unhealthy habit, the injunction to eat healthily failed to counteract rising…
Slimming One’s Way to a Better Self? Weight Loss Clubs and Women in Britain, 1967–1990
Following the arrival of Weight Watchers UK in 1967, slimming clubs expanded rapidly in Britain in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Initially aimed at, and founded by, women, these organizations were complex emotional spaces in which female entrepreneurship and homosociality would unfold. Looking afresh at the relationship between women and commercialized weight loss, this article provides the first detailed study of the rise of the slimming club …
Power and Class in Africa
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Power and Class in Africa
Slimming One’s Way to a Better Self? Weight Loss Clubs and Women in Britain, 1967–1990
Following the arrival of Weight Watchers UK in 1967, slimming clubs expanded rapidly in Britain in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Initially aimed at, and founded by, women, these organizations were complex emotional spaces in which female entrepreneurship and homosociality would unfold. Looking afresh at the relationship between women and commercialized weight loss, this article provides the first detailed study of the rise of the slimming club …
From Beveridge Britain to Birds Eye Britain
By the late 1980s, ‘healthy eating’ had largely failed as a public health discourse in Britain. Rather than providing consumers with a clear set of behavioural guidelines, it had fragmented into a confusing and ill-defined set of messages. In direct contrast to the anti-smoking campaign, which had succeeded in convincing large swathes of the British population to quit an unhealthy habit, the injunction to eat healthily failed to counteract rising…
Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Club (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Consumption (sociology (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Demography (1 works)