Dr Julia Coffey discusses her new book, Everyday Embodiment: Rethinking Youth Body Image. The book develops a new feminist sociological approach to understanding young people’s relationships with the body and self. It draws on interview and visual methods to explore the everyday circumstances of young people’s lives which impact how they feel about their bodies, and their health and wellbeing more broadly. The gendered norms informing body concerns and embodiment are at the centre of this analysis. The book locates the dynamics of femininity, masculinity, and nonbinary embodiments, and searches for moments where broader options for more positive experiences of the body can emerge.
