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SUMMARY:The construction of the obese child in children's literature. - Pr
 of. Jean Webb\, University of Worcester
DTSTART:20091125T170000Z
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:Childhood obesity is a growing concern world-wide. This semina
 r will outline\nthe ongoing inter-disciplinary work on childhood and obesi
 ty being carried\nout by the International Centre for Research in Children
 's Literature\,\nLiteracy and Creativity at the University of Worcester. C
 onsideration will\nalso be given to differing cultural attitudes towards o
 besity and the\nconstruction of the overweight child in literature and the
  media since the\nnineteenth century. \n\nJean Webb is Professor of Intern
 ational Children's Literature at the\nUniversity of Worcester. She is Dire
 ctor of the International Centre for\nResearch in Children's Literature\, 
 Literacy and Creativity.\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, room GS4
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