Fat Shame : : Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture /

Fat Shame : : Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture / / Amy Erdman Farrell.

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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Farrell, Amy Erdman,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Considering Fat Shame
  • 2. Fat, Modernity, and the Problem of Excess
  • 3. Fat and the Un-Civilized Body
  • 4. Feminism, Citizenship, and Fat Stigma
  • 5. Narrating Fat Shame
  • 6. Refusing to Apologize
  • Conclusion. “The horror! The horror!”
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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