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Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture

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Availability:In StockContributor:Amy Erdman FarrellPublish date:2011-05-02Pages:219
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9780814727690ISBN-10:814727697UPC:9780814727690Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:AfricaBook Topic:EastSize:8.94 x 6.10 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.7606Product ID:SCDSE4E5Y6

Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture

One of Choice's Significant University Press Titles for Undergraduates, 2010-2011

A necessary cultural and historical discussion on the stigma of fatness

To be fat hasn't always occasioned the level of hysteria that this condition receives today and indeed was once considered an admirable trait. Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture explores this arc, from veneration to shame,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9780814727690ISBN-10:814727697UPC:9780814727690Book Category:Literary Criticism, HistoryBook Subcategory:AfricaBook Topic:EastSize:8.94 x 6.10 x 0.66 inchesWeight:0.7606Product ID:SCDSE4E5Y6

Amy Farrell is Professor of American Studies and Women's and Gender Studies at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. She is also the author of Yours in Sisterhood: Ms. Magazine and the Promise of Popular Feminism. She lives in Carlisle with her husband and two children.


Publisher: New York University Press

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