Bodies out of bounds : fatness and transgression / edited by Jana Evans Braziel and Kathleen LeBesco.

Bodies out of bounds : fatness and transgression /

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: Braziel, Jana Evans, 1967-, LeBesco, Kathleen, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Obesity > Social aspects > Miscellanea.
Overweight women > Social aspects > Miscellanea.
Body image > Social aspects > Miscellanea.
Physical-appearance-based bias > Miscellanea.
Discrimination against overweight persons > Miscellanea.
Obesity > Social aspects.
Physical-appearance-based bias.
Overweight women > Social aspects.
Body image > Social aspects.
Aesthetics.
Prejudices.
Obesity > psychology
Beauty
Body Image
Prejudice
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