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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| Format: | Book |
| 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: | viii, 360 pages some illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0520217462 9780520217461 0520225856 9780520225855 |