Lee Monaghan


Contact Details

Associate Professor
T: +353(0)61213346
E: lee.monaghan@ul.ie
 
researcher

Biography

PhD (Cardiff University) 1998, Previously Lecturer at Cardiff University 1999-2002, then Newcastle University 2002-2005

Research Interests

Medical Sociology, the COVID-19 Pandemic Response, The Body/Embodiment, Risk, Men's Health, Critical Weight Studies, Sexualities, Qualitative Research, Stigma, Financial Crisis.

Books

  Year Publication
2022 Rethinking Obesity: Critical Perspectives in Crisis Times.
Monaghan, L.F., Rich, E. and Bombak, A.E. (2022) Rethinking Obesity: Critical Perspectives in Crisis Times. London: Routledge. [Details]
2014 Challenging Myths of Masculinity: Understanding Physical Cultures.
Monaghan, L.F. and Atkinson, M. (2014) Challenging Myths of Masculinity: Understanding Physical Cultures. Aldershot: Ashgate. [Details]
2008 Men and the War on Obesity: A Sociological Study.
Monaghan, LF (2008) Men and the War on Obesity: A Sociological Study. London and New york: Routledge. [Details]
2001 Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk.
Monaghan, LF (2001) Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk. London: Routledge. [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
2022 Key Concepts in Medical Sociology
Lee F.Monaghan and Jonathan Gabe (Ed.). (2022) Key Concepts in Medical Sociology London: SAGE. [Details]
2014 Obesity Discourse and Fat Politics: Research, Critique and Interventions
Monaghan, L.F., Colls, R. and Evans, B (Ed.). (2014) Obesity Discourse and Fat Politics: Research, Critique and Interventions London: Routledge. [Details]
2013 Key Concepts in Medical Sociology
Gabe, J. and Monaghan, L.F (Ed.). (2013) Key Concepts in Medical Sociology London: Sage. [Details]
2011 Debating Obesity: Critical Perspectives
Rich, E., Monaghan, L.F. and L. Aphramor, L (Ed.). (2011) Debating Obesity: Critical Perspectives New York: Palgrave MacMillan. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
2023 'COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Ireland’s Healthcare Students'
Monaghan, L.F. and Begley, A. (2023) 'COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Ireland’s Healthcare Students'. Critical Social Policy, [DOI] [Details]
2021 'Degrading Bodies in Pandemic Times: Politicizing Cruelty during the COVID-19 and Obesity Crises'
Monaghan, L.F. (2021) 'Degrading Bodies in Pandemic Times: Politicizing Cruelty during the COVID-19 and Obesity Crises'. Journal Of Communication Inquiry, [DOI] [Details]
2020 'Coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic psychology and the fractured society: a sociological case for critique, foresight and action'
Monaghan, LF (2020) 'Coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic psychology and the fractured society: a sociological case for critique, foresight and action'. Sociology Of Health & Illness, 42 :1982-1995 [DOI] [Details]
2019 'A discourse analysis of school girls engagement with fat pedagogy and critical health education: rethinking the childhood 'obesity scandal''
Emma Rich, Lee F. Monaghan and Andrea E. Bombak (2019) 'A discourse analysis of school girls engagement with fat pedagogy and critical health education: rethinking the childhood 'obesity scandal''. Sport, Education And Society, [Details]
2019 'Managing Stigma: Young People, Asthma, and the Politics of Chronic Illness'
Monaghan, LF;Gabe, J (2019) 'Managing Stigma: Young People, Asthma, and the Politics of Chronic Illness'. Qualitative health research, 29 :1877-1889 [DOI] [Details]
2019 'Dietary approaches to weight-loss, Health At Every Size (R) and beyond: rethinking the war on obesity'
Bombak, A;Monaghan, LF;Rich, E (2019) 'Dietary approaches to weight-loss, Health At Every Size (R) and beyond: rethinking the war on obesity'. Social Theory And Health, 17 :89-108 [DOI] [Details]
2012 'The Madoffization of Society: A Corrosive Process in an Age of Fictitious Capital'
Monaghan, L.F. and O'Flynn, M. (2012) 'The Madoffization of Society: A Corrosive Process in an Age of Fictitious Capital'. Critical Sociology, [Details]
2019 'Media, 'Fat Panic' and Public Pedagogy: Mapping Contested Terrain'
Monaghan, LF;Rich, E;Bombak, AE (2019) 'Media, 'Fat Panic' and Public Pedagogy: Mapping Contested Terrain'. Sociology Compass, 13 [DOI] [Details]
2018 'Dietary Approaches to Weight-Loss, Health-At-Every-Size® and Beyond: Rethinking the War on Obesity'
Bombak, A.E., Monaghan, L.F. and Rich, E. (2018) 'Dietary Approaches to Weight-Loss, Health-At-Every-Size® and Beyond: Rethinking the War on Obesity'. Social Theory & Health, [ULIR Link] [Details]
2018 'Managing Stigma: Asthma, Young People and the Politics of Chronic Illness'
Monaghan, L.F. and Gabe, J. (2018) 'Managing Stigma: Asthma, Young People and the Politics of Chronic Illness'. Qualitative Health Research, [Details]
2018 'Obesity, Neoliberalism and Epidemic Psychology: Critical Commentary and Alternative Approaches to Public Health'
Monaghan, L.F., Bombak, A.E. and Rich, E. (2018) 'Obesity, Neoliberalism and Epidemic Psychology: Critical Commentary and Alternative Approaches to Public Health'. Critical Public Health, 28 (5):498-508 [Details]
2017 'Re-framing weight-related stigma: From spoiled identity to macro-social structures'
Monaghan, LF (2017) 'Re-framing weight-related stigma: From spoiled identity to macro-social structures'. Social Theory & Health, 15 :182-205 [DOI] [Details]
2017 'Obesity, bodily change and health identities: a qualitative study of Canadian women'
Bombak, AE,Monaghan, LF (2017) 'Obesity, bodily change and health identities: a qualitative study of Canadian women'. Sociology Of Health & Illness, 39 :923-940 [DOI] [Details]
2017 'The Madoffization of Irish society: from Ponzi finance to sociological critique'
Monaghan, LF,O'Flynn, M (2017) 'The Madoffization of Irish society: from Ponzi finance to sociological critique'. British Journal Of Sociology, 68 :670-692 [DOI] [Details]
2016 'Embodying health identities: A study of young people with asthma'
Monaghan, LF,Gabe, J (2016) 'Embodying health identities: A study of young people with asthma'. Social science & medicine (1982), 160 :1-8 [DOI] [Details]
2015 'Critiquing Masculinity Myths: Rethinking Male Bodies, Obesity and Health in Context'
Monaghan, L.F. (2015) 'Critiquing Masculinity Myths: Rethinking Male Bodies, Obesity and Health in Context'. International Journal of Men's Health, [Details]
2015 'Chronic illness as biographical contingency? Young people's experiences of asthma'
Monaghan, LF,Gabe, J (2015) 'Chronic illness as biographical contingency? Young people's experiences of asthma'. Sociology Of Health & Illness, 37 :1236-1253 [DOI] [Details]
2015 'The Casanova-Myth: Legend and Anxiety in the Seduction Community'
Schuurmans, J,Monaghan, LF (2015) 'The Casanova-Myth: Legend and Anxiety in the Seduction Community'. Sociological Research Online, 20 [DOI] [Details]
2014 'Scapegoating During a Time of Crisis: A Critique of Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland'
O'Flynn, M,Monaghan, LF,Power, MJ (2014) 'Scapegoating During a Time of Crisis: A Critique of Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland'. Sociology, 48 (5):921-937 [DOI] [Details]
2014 'Civilising Recalcitrant Boys' Bodies: Pursuing Social Fitness through the Anti-Obesity Offensive'
Monaghan, L.F. (2014) 'Civilising Recalcitrant Boys' Bodies: Pursuing Social Fitness through the Anti-Obesity Offensive'. Sport Education And Society, 19 (6):691-711 [DOI] [Details]
2013 'Extending the obesity debate, repudiating misrecognition: Politicising fatness and health (practice)'
Lee F. Monaghan (2013) 'Extending the obesity debate, repudiating misrecognition: Politicising fatness and health (practice)'. Social Theory & Health, 11 (1):81-105 [DOI] [Details]
2013 'The Madoffization of Society: A Corrosive Process in an Age of Fictitious Capital'
Monaghan, LF,O'Flynn, M (2013) 'The Madoffization of Society: A Corrosive Process in an Age of Fictitious Capital'. Critical Sociology, 39 :869-887 [DOI] [Details]
2013 'Obesity discourse and fat politics: research, critique and interventions'
Monaghan, L.F., Colls, R. and Evans, R. (2013) 'Obesity discourse and fat politics: research, critique and interventions'. Critical Public Health, 23 (3):249-262 [DOI] [Details]
2013 'Seeking university Research Ethics Committee approval: the emotional vicissitudes of a rationalised' process'
Monaghan, LF,O'Dwyer, M,Gabe, J (2013) 'Seeking university Research Ethics Committee approval: the emotional vicissitudes of a rationalised' process'. International Journal Of Social Research Methodology, 16 :65-80 [DOI] [Details]
2013 'It's worse for women and girls': negotiating embodied masculinities through weight-related talk'
Monaghan, LF,Malson, H (2013) 'It's worse for women and girls': negotiating embodied masculinities through weight-related talk'. Critical Public Health, 23 :304-319 [DOI] [Details]
2012 'Embodied Heterosexual Masculinities, Part 1: Confluent Intimacies, Emotions and Health'
Monaghan, L.F.; Roberston, S. (2012) 'Embodied Heterosexual Masculinities, Part 1: Confluent Intimacies, Emotions and Health'. Sociology Compass, 6 (2):134-150 [DOI] [Details]
2012 'Embodied Heterosexual Masculinities, Part 2: Foregrounding Men's Health and Emotions'
Robertson, S; Monaghan, L.F. (2012) 'Embodied Heterosexual Masculinities, Part 2: Foregrounding Men's Health and Emotions'. Sociology Compass, 6 (2):151-165 [Details]
2012 'More Than Anarchy in the UK: 'Social Unrest' and its Resurgence in the Madoffized Society'
Monaghan, LF,O'Flynn, M (2012) 'More Than Anarchy in the UK: 'Social Unrest' and its Resurgence in the Madoffized Society'. Sociological Research Online, 17 [DOI] [Details]
2012 'Extending the Obesity Debate, Repudiating Misrecognition: Politicising Fatness and Health (Practice)'
Monaghan, L.F. (2012) 'Extending the Obesity Debate, Repudiating Misrecognition: Politicising Fatness and Health (Practice)'. Social Theory & Health, [DOI] [Details]
2011 'Post 'Celtic Tiger' Ireland, Silver Vigilantes and Public Sociology: Protesting Against Global Neoliberalisation'
Monaghan, LF (2011) 'Post 'Celtic Tiger' Ireland, Silver Vigilantes and Public Sociology: Protesting Against Global Neoliberalisation'. Sociological Research Online, 16 [DOI] [Details]
2010 'Obesity Epidemic Entrepreneurs: Types, Practices and Interests'
Monaghan, LF; Hollands, R; Pritchard, G (2010) 'Obesity Epidemic Entrepreneurs: Types, Practices and Interests'. BODY & SOCIETY, 16 (2):37-71 [DOI] [Details]
2010 'The metamorphosis of female bodybuilders: Judging a paroxysmal body?'
Roussel, P; Monaghan, LF; Javerlhiac, S; Le Yondre, F (2010) 'The metamorphosis of female bodybuilders: Judging a paroxysmal body?'. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT, 45 (1):103-109 [DOI] [Details]
2010 ''Physician Heal Thyself', Part 2: Debating clinicians' bodyweight'
Monaghan, LF (2010) ''Physician Heal Thyself', Part 2: Debating clinicians' bodyweight'. SOCIAL THEORY & HEALTH, 8 (1):28-50 [DOI] [Details]
2010 ''Physician Heal Thyself', Part 1: A qualitative analysis of an online debate about clinicians' bodyweight'
Monaghan, LF (2010) ''Physician Heal Thyself', Part 1: A qualitative analysis of an online debate about clinicians' bodyweight'. SOCIAL THEORY & HEALTH, 8 (1):1-27 [DOI] [Details]
2009 'Bodily sensibility: Vocabularies of the discredited male body'
Monaghan L.F., Hardey M. (2009) 'Bodily sensibility: Vocabularies of the discredited male body'. Critical Public Health, 19 (40636):341-362 [DOI] [Details]
2008 'Men, physical activity, and the obesity discourse: Critical understandings from a qualitative study'
Monaghan, LF (2008) 'Men, physical activity, and the obesity discourse: Critical understandings from a qualitative study'. SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT JOURNAL, 25 (1):97-129 [Details]
2007 'Body Mass Index, masculinities and moral worth: men's critical understandings of 'appropriate' weight-for-height'
Monaghan, LF (2007) 'Body Mass Index, masculinities and moral worth: men's critical understandings of 'appropriate' weight-for-height'. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS, 29 (4):584-609 [Details]
2007 'McDonaldizing men's bodies? Slimming, associated (Ir)rationalities and resistances'
Monaghan, LF (2007) 'McDonaldizing men's bodies? Slimming, associated (Ir)rationalities and resistances'. BODY & SOCIETY, 13 (2):67-+ [DOI] [Details]
2006 'Weighty Words: Expanding and Embodying the Accounts Framework'
Monaghan, LF (2006) 'Weighty Words: Expanding and Embodying the Accounts Framework'. SOCIAL THEORY AND HEALTH, 4 (2):128-167 [Details]
2005 'Discussion Piece: A Critical Take on the Obesity Debate'
Monaghan, LF (2005) 'Discussion Piece: A Critical Take on the Obesity Debate'. SOCIAL THEORY AND HEALTH, 3 (4):302-314 [Details]
2005 'Big Handsome Men, Bears and Others: Virtual Constructions of 'Fat Male Embodiment''
Monaghan, LF (2005) 'Big Handsome Men, Bears and Others: Virtual Constructions of 'Fat Male Embodiment''. BODY & SOCIETY, 11 (2):81-111 [Details]
2004 'Doorwork and Legal Risk: Observations from an Embodied Ethnography'
Monaghan, LF (2004) 'Doorwork and Legal Risk: Observations from an Embodied Ethnography'. SOCIAL AND LEGAL STUDIES, 13 (4):453-480 [Details]
2003 'Danger on the Doors: Bodily Risk in a Demonised Occupation'
Monaghan, LF (2003) 'Danger on the Doors: Bodily Risk in a Demonised Occupation'. HEALTH, RISK & SOCIETY, 5 (1):11-31 [Details]
2002 'Vocabularies of Motive for Illicit Steroid Use Among Bodybuilders'
Monaghan, LF (2002) 'Vocabularies of Motive for Illicit Steroid Use Among Bodybuilders'. SOCIAL SCIENCE AND MEDICINE, 55 (5):695-708 [Details]
2002 'Hard Men, Shop Boys and Others: Embodying Competence in a Masculinist Occupation'
Monaghan, LF (2002) 'Hard Men, Shop Boys and Others: Embodying Competence in a Masculinist Occupation'. THE SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW, 50 (3):334-355 [Details]
2002 'Embodying Gender, Work and Organization: Solidarity, Cool Loyalties and Contested Hierarchy in a Masculinist Occupation'
Monaghan, LF (2002) 'Embodying Gender, Work and Organization: Solidarity, Cool Loyalties and Contested Hierarchy in a Masculinist Occupation'. GENDER, WORK & ORGANISATION, 9 (5):504-536 [Details]
2002 'Opportunity, Pleasure and Risk: An Ethnography of Urban Male Heterosexualities'
Monaghan, LF (2002) 'Opportunity, Pleasure and Risk: An Ethnography of Urban Male Heterosexualities'. JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ETHNOGRAPHY, 31 (4):440-477 [Details]
2002 'Regulating Unruly; Bodies: Work Tasks, Conflict and Violence in Britain's Night-Time Economy'
Monaghan, LF (2002) 'Regulating Unruly; Bodies: Work Tasks, Conflict and Violence in Britain's Night-Time Economy'. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY, 53 (3):403-429 [Details]
2001 'Looking Good, Feeling Good: The Embodied Pleasures of Vibrant Physicality'
Monaghan, LF (2001) 'Looking Good, Feeling Good: The Embodied Pleasures of Vibrant Physicality'. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS, 23 (3):330-356 [Details]
2000 'Drug-Taking, 'Risk Boundaries' and Social Identity: Bodybuilders' Talk about Ephedrine and Nubain'
Bloor, M; Monaghan, LF; Dobash, RP; Dobash, RE (2000) 'Drug-Taking, 'Risk Boundaries' and Social Identity: Bodybuilders' Talk about Ephedrine and Nubain'. SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE, 5 (2 [Details]
1999 'Challenging Medicine? Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk'
Monaghan, LF (1999) 'Challenging Medicine? Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk'. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS, 21 (6):707-734 [Details]
1999 'Creating 'The Perfect Body': A Variable Project'
Monaghan, LF (1999) 'Creating 'The Perfect Body': A Variable Project'. BODY & SOCIETY, 5 (2-3):267-290 [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
2023 'Reinterpreting Male Bodies and Health in Crisis Times: From ‘Obesity’ to Bigger Matters'
Monaghan, L.F. (2023) 'Reinterpreting Male Bodies and Health in Crisis Times: From ‘Obesity’ to Bigger Matters' In: Champagne, A.M. and Friedman, A (eds). Interpreting the Body: Between Meaning and Matter. Bristol: Bristol University Press. [Details]
2022 'Chronic Illness'
Monaghan, L.F. and Bury, M. (2022) 'Chronic Illness' In: Monaghan, L.F and Gabe, J (eds). Key Concepts in Medical Sociology, 3rd ed. London: SAGE. [Details]
2022 'Embodiment'
Williams, S.J. and Monaghan, L.F. (2022) 'Embodiment' In: Monaghan, L.F and Gabe, J (eds). Key Concepts in Medical Sociology, 3rd ed. London: SAGE. [Details]
2022 'Illness and Health-Related Behaviours'
Monaghan, L.F. (2022) 'Illness and Health-Related Behaviours' In: Monaghan, L.F and Gabe, J (eds). Key Concepts in Medical Sociology, 3rd ed. London: SAGE. [Details]
2022 'Reproduction'
Sandall, J., Monaghan, L.F. and Gabe, J. (2022) 'Reproduction' In: Monaghan, L.F and Gabe, J (eds). Key Concepts in Medical Sociology, 3rd ed. London: SAGE. [Details]
2022 'Goffman and Medical Sociology'
Monaghan, L.F. (2022) 'Goffman and Medical Sociology' In: Jacobsen, M.H. and Smith, G (eds). Routledge International Handbook of Goffman Studies. London: Routledge. [Details]
2022 'The Sick Role'
Monaghan, L.F. and Bury, M. (2022) 'The Sick Role' In: Monaghan, L.F and Gabe, J (eds). Key Concepts in Medical Sociology, 3rd ed. London: SAGE. [Details]
2022 'Illness Narratives'
Monaghan, L.F. and Bury, M. (2022) 'Illness Narratives' In: Monaghan, L.F and Gabe, J (eds). Key Concepts in Medical Sociology, 3rd ed. London: SAGE. [Details]
2022 'Stigma'
Monaghan, L.F. and Williams, S.J. (2022) 'Stigma' In: Monaghan, L.F and Gabe, J (eds). Key Concepts in Medical Sociology, 3rd ed. London: SAGE. [Details]
2019 'Disability, Embodiment and Masculinities: A Complex Matrix'
Robertson, S., Monaghan, L. and Southby, K. (2019) 'Disability, Embodiment and Masculinities: A Complex Matrix' In: Gottzén, L., Mellström, U. and Shefer, T (eds). Routledge International Handbook of Masculinity Studies. London: Routledge. [Details]
2015 'The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality, 3 Volume Set'
Monaghan, L.F. (2015) 'The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality, 3 Volume Set' In: Whelehan, P. and Bolin, A (eds). Bodybuilding. London: Wiley-Blackwell. [Details]
2014 'Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk: Reflections on an Ethnographic Study'
Monaghan, L.F. (2014) 'Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk: Reflections on an Ethnographic Study' In: Doing Real World Research in Sports Studies. London and New York: Routledge. [Details]
2014 ''It's Worse for Women and Girls': Negotiating Embodied Masculinities through Weigh-Related Talk'
Monaghan, L.F. and Malson, H. (2014) ''It's Worse for Women and Girls': Negotiating Embodied Masculinities through Weigh-Related Talk' In: Obesity Discourse and Fat Politics: Research, Critique and Interventions. New York: Routledge. [Details]
2013 'Stigma'
Monaghan, L.F. and Williams, S.J. (2013) 'Stigma' In: Key Concepts in Medical Sociology. London: Sage. [Details]
2013 'The Sick Role'
Bury, M. and Monaghan, L.F. (2013) 'The Sick Role' In: Key Concepts in Medical Sociology. London: Sage. [Details]
2013 'Embodiment'
Williams, S.J. and Monaghan, L.F. (2013) 'Embodiment' In: Key Concepts in Medical Sociology. London: Sage. [Details]
2013 'Awareness Contexts'
Monaghan, L.F. (2013) 'Awareness Contexts' In: Key Concepts in Medical Sociology. London: Sage. [Details]
2013 'Illness-related Behaviour'
Monaghan, L.F. (2013) 'Illness-related Behaviour' In: Key Concepts in Medical Sociology. London: Sage. [Details]
2013 'Illness Narratives'
Bury, M and Monaghan, L.F. (2013) 'Illness Narratives' In: Key Concepts in Medical Sociology. London: Sage. [Details]
2011 'Reflections on and Developing Critical Weight Studies'
Monaghan, L.F., Rich, E. and Aphramor, L. (2011) 'Reflections on and Developing Critical Weight Studies' In: Debating Obesity: Critical Perspectives. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. [Details]
2011 'Critiquing Obesity Discourse and Developing an Alternative'
Rich, E., Monaghan, L.F. and Aphramor, L. (2011) 'Critiquing Obesity Discourse and Developing an Alternative' In: Debating Obesity: Critical Perspectives. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. [Details]
2011 'Bodily Sensibility: Vocabularies of the Discredited Male Body'
Monaghan, L.F. and Hardey, M. (2011) 'Bodily Sensibility: Vocabularies of the Discredited Male Body' In: Debating Obesity: Critical Perspectives. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. [Details]
2011 'Accounting for Illicit Steroid Use: Bodybuilders’ Justifications'
Monaghan, L.F. (2011) 'Accounting for Illicit Steroid Use: Bodybuilders’ Justifications' In: Critical Readings in Bodybuilding. New York: Routledge. [Details]
2010 'McDonaldizing Men's Bodies? Slimming, Associated (Ir)Rationalities and Resistances'
Monaghan, L.F. (2010) 'McDonaldizing Men's Bodies? Slimming, Associated (Ir)Rationalities and Resistances' In: McDonaldization: The Reader. California: Pine Forge Press & Sage. [Details]
2008 'Hard Men, Shop Boys and Others: Embodying Competence in a Masculinist Occupation'
Monaghan, L.F. (2008) 'Hard Men, Shop Boys and Others: Embodying Competence in a Masculinist Occupation' In: Crime, Criminal Justice and Masculinities. Aldershot:: Ashgate. [Details]
2008 'Big Handsome Men, Bears and Others: Virtual Constructions of Fat Male Embodiment'
Monaghan, L.F. (2008) 'Big Handsome Men, Bears and Others: Virtual Constructions of Fat Male Embodiment' In: Sociology of the Body: A Reader. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]
2006 'Corporeal Indeterminacy: The Value of Embodied, Interpretive Sociology'
Monaghan, LF (2006) 'Corporeal Indeterminacy: The Value of Embodied, Interpretive Sociology' In: Body/Embodiment: Symbolic Interactionism and the Sociology of the Body. [Details]
2006 'Fieldwork and the Body: Reflections on an Embodied Ethnography'
Monaghan, LF (2006) 'Fieldwork and the Body: Reflections on an Embodied Ethnography' In: The Sage Handbook of Fieldwork. [Details]
2003 'Hormonal Bodies, Civilised Bodies: Incorporating the Biological into the Sociology of Health'
Monaghan, LF (2003) 'Hormonal Bodies, Civilised Bodies: Incorporating the Biological into the Sociology of Health' In: Debating Biology: Sociological Reflections on Health, Medicine and Society. [Details]
2001 'The Bodybuilding Ethnophysiology Thesis'
Monaghan, LF (2001) 'The Bodybuilding Ethnophysiology Thesis' In: Reframing the Body. [Details]
1999 'Accessing a Demonised Subculture: Studying Drug Use and Violence among Bodybuilders'
Monaghan, LF (1999) 'Accessing a Demonised Subculture: Studying Drug Use and Violence among Bodybuilders' In: Qualitative Research in Criminology. [Details]
1999 'Bodybuilding, Steroids and Violence: Is There a Connection?'
Monaghan, LF; Dobash, RP; Dobash, RE; Bloor, M (1999) 'Bodybuilding, Steroids and Violence: Is There a Connection?' In: Crime Unlimited: Questions for the 21st Century. [Details]
1998 'The Body as a Chemistry Experiment: Steroid Use Among South Wales Bodybuilders'
Bloor, M; Monaghan, LF; Dobash, RP; Dobash, RE (1998) 'The Body as a Chemistry Experiment: Steroid Use Among South Wales Bodybuilders' In: The Body In Everyday Life. [Details]
1998 'Bodybuilding and Sexual Attractiveness'
Bloor, M; Monaghan, LF; Dobash, RP; Dobash, RE (1998) 'Bodybuilding and Sexual Attractiveness' In: The Body in Qualitative Research. [Details]

Other Journals

  Year Publication
2008 'Men and the Obesity Epidemic: Promoting Healthy Scepticism'
Monaghan, LF (2008) 'Men and the Obesity Epidemic: Promoting Healthy Scepticism' Fare Choice: The Quarterly Newsletter of the Scottish Community Diet Project, . [Details]
2008 'Men and the Obesity Epidemic: Exercising Healthy Scepticism'
Monaghan, LF (2008) 'Men and the Obesity Epidemic: Exercising Healthy Scepticism' National Fitness News, 10 (5) :39-40. [Details]
2005 'Taking Sides'
Monaghan, LF (2005) 'Taking Sides' Men's Health Forum Magazine. June, . [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
2015 BSA Medical Sociology Group 47th Annual Conference
Monaghan, L.F. and Gabe, J. (2015) Embodying Health Identities: Understandings from a Qualitative Study of Young People with Asthma BSA Medical Sociology Group 47th Annual Conference [Details]
2014 BSA Digital Sociology Group’s workshop
Monaghan, L.F., O'Flynn, M. and Power, M.J. (2014) Scapegoating in Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland BSA Digital Sociology Group’s workshop [Details]
2013 BSA Medical Sociology Group 45th Annual Conference
Monaghan, L.F. and Gabe, J. (2013) Chronic illness as Biographical Contingency: Understandings from a Qualitative Study of Children with Asthma BSA Medical Sociology Group 45th Annual Conference [Details]
2012 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference
Monaghan, L.F. (2012) Civilizing ‘Troublesome’ Boy’s Bodies American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference [Details]
2012 39th Annual Conference of the Sociological Association of Ireland
Monaghan, L.F.; O'Flynn, M. (2012) The Madoffization of Society: Some Reflections on Ireland’s Current Crisis 39th Annual Conference of the Sociological Association of Ireland [Details]
2012 Crisis, Austerity and Resistance
Monaghan, L.F; O'Flynn, M. (2012) Finance Capital, Madoffization and the Current Crisis Crisis, Austerity and Resistance [Details]
2010 British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 42nd Annual Conference
O'Dwyer, M; Monaghan, L.F; Gabe, J. (2010) Seeking Research Ethics Approval: The Embodied Irrationalities of a ‘Rationalised’ Process British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 42nd Annual Conference [Details]
2010 The Gender and Health Conference
Monaghan, L.F. (2010) Embodied Masculinities, Heterosexualities and Health: Reflections on Current Knowledge and Future Research Directions The Gender and Health Conference [Details]
2009 The Perfect Body: Between Normativity and Consumerism
Monaghan, L.F. (2009) Politicising Fatness, Repudiating Obesity Discourse in ‘Epidemic’ Times The Perfect Body: Between Normativity and Consumerism [Details]
2007 34th Annual Conference of the Sociological Association of Ireland
Monaghan, L.F. (2007) Men and Dieting: Critical Understandings from a Qualitative Study 34th Annual Conference of the Sociological Association of Ireland [Details]
2007 British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 39th Annual Conference
Monaghan, L.F. (2007) Men’s Dieting Careers British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 39th Annual Conference [Details]
2007 SAI Annual Conference
Monaghan, L.F. (2007) Men and Dieting: Critical Understandings from a Qualitative Study SAI Annual Conference , 11-MAY-07 - 13-MAY-07 [Details]
2007 British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Conference
Monaghan, L.F. (2007) Men¿s Dieting Careers British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Conference , 07-SEP-07 - 09-SEP-07 [Details]
2006 Expanding the Obesity Debate: A One Day Forum
Monaghan, L.F. (2006) Apparently Most Men are Too Fat: Critical Sociological Reflections on Obesity Epidemic Claims . In: * eds. Expanding the Obesity Debate: A One Day Forum , 09-JAN-06 - 09-JAN-06 , pp.*-* [Details]
2006 British Sociological Association 38th Annual conference
Monaghan, L. (2006) THE MCDONALDIZATION OF MEN'S BODIES? THE OBESITY DISCOURSE, SLIMMING, ASSOCIATED IRRATIONALITIES AND RESISTANCES . In: * eds. British Sociological Association 38th Annual conference , 14-SEP-06 - 16-SEP-06 , pp.*-* [Details]
2006 British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 38th Annual Conference
Monaghan, L.F. (2006) The McDonaldization of Men’s Bodies? The Obesity Discourse, Slimming, Associated Irrationalities and Resistances British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 38th Annual Conference [Details]
2005 British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 37th Annual Conference
Monaghan, L.F. (2005) Accounting for ‘Excess’ Weight: Understandings from a Gendered Take on the Obesity Debate British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 37th Annual Conference [Details]
2005 British Sociological Association Sociology of Sport Group Conference
Monaghan, L.F. (2005) Everyday Bigness, Fitness and Sport: Some Reflections on a Study in Progress British Sociological Association Sociology of Sport Group Conference [Details]
2004 British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 36th Annual Conference
Monaghan, L.F. (2004) Big Handsome Men, Bears and Others: Reinterpreting Fat Male Embodiment Online British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 36th Annual Conference [Details]
2003 British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 35th Annual Conference
Monaghan, L.F. (2003) Doorwork, Violence and Risk: Embodying Health and Illness in the New Night-time Economy British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 35th Annual Conference [Details]
2001 BSA Language Study Group Conference on Ethnography, Law and Crime
Monaghan, L.F. (2001) Regulating ‘Unruly’ Bodies: An Ethnography of Violence in Britain’s Night-Time Economy’ BSA Language Study Group Conference on Ethnography, Law and Crime [Details]
2001 Rethinking Gender, Work and Organization Conference
Monaghan, L.F. (2001) Hard Men, Shop Boys and Others Rethinking Gender, Work and Organization Conference [Details]
1998 The British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Making Sense of the Body: Theory, Research and Practice
Monaghan, L.F. (1998) The Bodybuilding Ethnophysiology Thesis The British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Making Sense of the Body: Theory, Research and Practice [Details]
1997 The American Society of Criminology Annual Conference
Dobash, R.P., Dobash, R.E., Bloor, M; Monaghan, L.F. (1997) Steroids, Bodybuilding and Violence in Great Britain The American Society of Criminology Annual Conference [Details]
1997 The British Criminology Conference
Dobash, R.P; Dobash, R.E; Bloor, M; Monaghan, L.F. (1997) Steroids and Violence: The Results of an Ethnographic Study The British Criminology Conference [Details]
1997 The Theory Culture and Society (TCS) Body Modification Day Conference
Monaghan, L.F. (1997) Bodybuilding Ethnophysiology The Theory Culture and Society (TCS) Body Modification Day Conference [Details]
1997 British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 29th Annual Conference
Monaghan, L.F; Bloor, M.; Dobash, R.P; Dobash, R.E. (1997) Reformulating the ’Roid-Rage Hypothesis: The Supposed Bodybuilding-Steroid-Violence Link British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 29th Annual Conference [Details]
1995 The British Criminology Conference
Dobash, R.P; Dobash, R.E; Bloor, M; Monaghan, L.F. (1995) Bodybuilding, Steroids and Violence: Symptoms of Late Modernity? The British Criminology Conference [Details]
1995 The British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 27th Annual Conference
Monaghan L.F; Bloor, M; Dobash, R.P; Dobash, R.E. (1995) Preliminary Report of an Ethnography of Bodybuilding and Drug Use The British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group 27th Annual Conference [Details]

Book Review

  Year Publication
2014 Framing Fat: Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture.
Monaghan, LF (2014) Framing Fat: Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2012 Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice and the Limits of Capitalism.
Monaghan, LF (2012) Weighing In: Obesity, Food Justice and the Limits of Capitalism. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
2010 Men, Masculinities and Health: Critical Perspectives.
Monaghan, LF (2010) Men, Masculinities and Health: Critical Perspectives. Book Review [Details]

Editorial

  Year Publication
2013 Obesity discourse and fat politics: research, critique and interventions.
Monaghan, LF,Colls, R,Evans, B (2013) Obesity discourse and fat politics: research, critique and interventions. Editorial [DOI] [Details]

Thesis

  Year Publication
1998 'We're Not Druggies, We're Athletes': Bodybuilding, Polypharmacology and Self-Identity.
Monaghan, LF (1998) 'We're Not Druggies, We're Athletes': Bodybuilding, Polypharmacology and Self-Identity. Thesis [Details]

Employment

  Employer Position From / To
Cardiff University Lecturer /
Newcastle University Lecturer /

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
1998 Cardiff University PhD

Languages

  Language Reading Writing Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent

Teaching Interests

The Sociology of Health & Illness
The Sociology of the Body
Classical Sociological Theory
Contemporary Sociological Theory
MA Dissertation Writing Class