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Peasley, Elyse Michelle.

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Women's experiences of embodied joy: Resisting the cultural dictate of bodily dissatisfaction.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Women's experiences of embodied joy: Resisting the cultural dictate of bodily dissatisfaction./
Author:	Peasley, Elyse Michelle.
Description:	295 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-05(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International75-05B(E).
Subject:	Health Sciences, Human Development. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=NR96196
ISBN:	9780494961964

Women's experiences of embodied joy: Resisting the cultural dictate of bodily dissatisfaction.
Peasley, Elyse Michelle.

Women's experiences of embodied joy: Resisting the cultural dictate of bodily dissatisfaction. - 295 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-05(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto (Canada), 2013.

Among women in North America, body dissatisfaction is prevalent and well documented. Women are often unhappy with their bodies and strive to change their bodies to fit the dominant cultural ideal of beauty and femininity. Within this context, in which women are expected to focus tremendous resources, time, and energy on bodily striving and body dissatisfaction, some women are able to resist these expectations. They experience joy with their bodies---joy that is not contingent on their appearance, size, or weight.

ISBN: 9780494961964Subjects--Topical Terms:

1019218
Health Sciences, Human Development.

Women's experiences of embodied joy: Resisting the cultural dictate of bodily dissatisfaction.
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520 $a With respect to women's embodied experiences of joy, a number of significant gaps exist in the research literature. The current study examined women's experiences of embodied joy through the use of qualitative research methods, including individual interviews and a focus group. A feminist constructivist grounded theory frame was utilized. The findings of this analysis indicated the presence of four core dimensions of women's joyful body experiences as a form of resistance to bodily dissatisfaction. The first core dimension addressed the experience of embodied joy, which included attunement, growth, liberation, and thriving. The second core dimension addressed participants' active creation of environments that nurtured joy, including: creating spaces that facilitated embodied joy, creating internal openness to the experience of joy, and seeking supportive social relationships. The third core dimension addressed enacting joy in the context of resistance and struggle, specifically when navigating the imposition of the other's external gaze. This core dimension included the themes of media deconstruction, disengagement from problematic relationships, personal practices of resistance, and critical political consciousness. The fourth core dimension involved enacting joy in the context of resistance and struggle as a journey towards joy, which included reclaimed childhood experiences, disruption and reconnection, and guiding other girls and women. The present study has implications for clinical work as well as for health promotion. Ultimately, women's experiences of embodied joy both reflected their resistance to cultural dictates and further enabled them to resist the dictate of bodily dissatisfaction.
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