ISBN:
9780814727683
,
9780814727690
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 209 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Farrell, Amy Erdman Fat shame
DDC:
306.4/613
Keywords:
Physical-appearance-based bias
;
Stigma (Social psychology)
;
Body image
;
Discrimination against overweight persons
;
Discrimination against overweight persons
;
Electronic books
;
USA
;
Massenkultur
;
Übergewicht
;
Körperbild
;
Stigmatisierung
;
USA
;
Übergewicht
;
Kultur
;
Stigmatisierung
;
Diskriminierung
Abstract:
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, examining the historic roots of our contemporary anxiety about fatness. Tracing the cultural denigration of fatness to the mid 19th century, Amy Farrell argues that the stigma associated with a fat body preceded any health concerns about a large body size. Firmly in place by the time the diet industry began to flourish in the 1920s, the development of fat
Description / Table of Contents:
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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; About the Author
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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