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SUMMARY:Construction of the obese child in literature and media - Jean Web
 b\, University of Worcester
DTSTART:20101124T170000Z
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:Childhood obesity is a growing concern world-wide. This semina
 r will outline the ongoing inter-disciplinary work on childhood and obesit
 y being carried out by the International Centre for Research in Children's
  Literature\, Literacy and Creativity at the University of Worcester. Cons
 ideration will also be given to differing cultural attitudes towards obesi
 ty and the construction of the overweight child in literature and the medi
 a since the nineteenth century.\n\nSpeaker: Prof. Jean Webb\, University o
 f Worcester Jean Webb is Professor of International Children's Literature 
 at the University of Worcester. She is Director of the International Centr
 e for Research in Children's Literature\, Literacy and Creativity.
LOCATION:Room 104\, Mary Allan Building\, Homerton College\, Hills Road\, 
 Cambridge CB2 8PQ
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