Bodies out of bounds : fatness and transgression / edited by Jana Evans Braziel and Kathleen LeBesco.
Since World War II, when the diet and fitness industries promoted mass obsession with weight and body shape, fat has been a dirty word. In the United States, fat is seen as repulsive, funny, ugly, unclean, obscene, and above all as something to lose. Bodies Out of Bounds challenges these dominant pe...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2001.
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| Summary: | Since World War II, when the diet and fitness industries promoted mass obsession with weight and body shape, fat has been a dirty word. In the United States, fat is seen as repulsive, funny, ugly, unclean, obscene, and above all as something to lose. Bodies Out of Bounds challenges these dominant perceptions by examining social representations of the fat body. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 360 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520935518 0520935519 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |