The fat studies reader /
The fat studies reader /
edited by Esther Rothblum and Sondra Solovay ; foreword by Marilyn Wann.
- New York : New York Unviersity Press, c2009.
- xxvii, 365 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword : fat studies: an invitation to revolution / Introduction / The inner corset : a brief history of fat in the United States / Fattening queer history : where does fat history go from here? / Does social class explain the connection between weight and health? / Is "permanent weight loss" an oxymoron? The statistics on weight loss and the national weight control registry / What is "health at every size"? / Widening the dialogue to narrow the gap in health disparities : approaches to fat black lesbian and bisexual women's health promotion / Quest for a cause: the fat gene, the gay gene, and the new eugenics / Prescription for harm : diet industry influence, public health policy, and the "obesity epidemic" / Public fat : Canadian provincial governments and fat on the web / That remains to be said : disappeared feminist discourses on fat in dietetic theory and practice / Fatness (in)visible : polycystic ovarian syndrome and the rhetoric of normative femininity / Fat kids, working moms, and the "epidemic of obesity" : race, class, and mother blame / Fat youth as common targets for bullying / Bon bon fatty girl : a qualitative exploration of weight bias in Singapore / Part-time fatso / Double stigma : fat men and their male admirers / The shape of abuse : fat oppression as a form of violence against women / Fat women as "easy targets" : achieving masculinity through hogging / No apology : shared struggles in fat and transgender law / Access to the sky : airplane seats and fat bodies as contested spaces / Neoliberalism and the constitution of contemporary bodies / Sitting pretty : fat bodies, classroom desks, and academic excess / Stigma threat and the fat professor: reducing student prejudice in the classroom / Fat stories in the classroom : what and how are they teaching about us? / Fat girls and size queens : alternative publications and the visualizing of fat and queer eroto-politics in contemporary American culture / Fat girls need fiction / Fat heroines in chick-lit: gateway to acceptance in the mainstream? / The fat of the (border)land : food, flesh, and Hispanic masculinity in Willa Cather's 'Death Comes for the Archbishop' / Placing fat women on center stage / "The white man's burden" : female sexuality, tourist postcards, and the place of the fat woman in early 20th century U.S. culture / The Roseanne Benedict Arnolds: how fat women are betrayed by their celebrity icons / Jiggle in my walk: the iconic power of the "big butt" in American pop culture / Seeing through the layers : fat suits and thin bodies in 'the Nutty Professor' and 'Shallow Hal' / Controlling the body : media representations, body size, and self-discipline / "I'm allowed to be a sexual being" : the distinctive social conditions of the fat burlesque stage / Embodying fat liberation / Not Jane Fonda : aerobics for fat women only / Exorcising the exercise myth: creating women of substance / Maybe it should be called fat American studies / Are we ready to throw our weight around? Fat studies and political activism / Appendix A : fat liberation manifesto, November 1973 / Marilyn Wann -- Sandra Solovay and Esther Rothblum -- Laura Fraser -- Elena Levy-Navarro -- Paul Ernsberger -- Glenn Gaesser -- Deb Burgard -- Bianca D.M. Wilson -- Kathleen LeBesco -- Pat Lyons -- Laura Jennings -- Lucy Aphramor and Jacqui Gingras -- Christina Fisanick -- Natalie Boero -- Jacqueline Weinstock and Michelle Krehbiel -- Maho Isono, Patti Lou Watkins, and Lee Ee Lian -- S. Bear Bergman -- Nathaniel C. Pyle and Michael I. Loewy -- Tracy Royce -- Ariane Prohaska and Jeannine Gailey -- Dylan Vade and Sondra Solovay -- Joyce L. Huff -- Julie Guthman -- Ashley Hetrick and Derek Attig -- Elena Andrea Escalera -- Susan Koppelman -- Stefanie Snider -- Susan Stinson -- Lara Frater -- Julia McCrossin -- JuliaGrace Jester -- Amy Farrell -- Beth Bernstein and Matilda St. John -- Wendy A. Burns-Ardolino -- Katharina R. Mendoza -- Dina Giovanelli and Stephen Ostertag -- D. Lacy Asbill -- Heather McAllister -- Jenny Ellison -- Dana Schuster and Lisa Tealer -- Charlotte Cooper -- Deb Burgard, Elana Dykewomon, Esther Rothblum, and Pattie Thomas -- Judy Freespirit and Aldebaran.
9780814776308 (cl : alk. paper) 0814776302 (cl : alk. paper) 9780814776315 (pb : alk. paper) 0814776310 (pb : alk. paper)
2009017385
GBA994898 bnb
015380989 Uk
Obesity--Social aspects.
Overweight persons.
RA645.O23 / F55 2009
362.196/398
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword : fat studies: an invitation to revolution / Introduction / The inner corset : a brief history of fat in the United States / Fattening queer history : where does fat history go from here? / Does social class explain the connection between weight and health? / Is "permanent weight loss" an oxymoron? The statistics on weight loss and the national weight control registry / What is "health at every size"? / Widening the dialogue to narrow the gap in health disparities : approaches to fat black lesbian and bisexual women's health promotion / Quest for a cause: the fat gene, the gay gene, and the new eugenics / Prescription for harm : diet industry influence, public health policy, and the "obesity epidemic" / Public fat : Canadian provincial governments and fat on the web / That remains to be said : disappeared feminist discourses on fat in dietetic theory and practice / Fatness (in)visible : polycystic ovarian syndrome and the rhetoric of normative femininity / Fat kids, working moms, and the "epidemic of obesity" : race, class, and mother blame / Fat youth as common targets for bullying / Bon bon fatty girl : a qualitative exploration of weight bias in Singapore / Part-time fatso / Double stigma : fat men and their male admirers / The shape of abuse : fat oppression as a form of violence against women / Fat women as "easy targets" : achieving masculinity through hogging / No apology : shared struggles in fat and transgender law / Access to the sky : airplane seats and fat bodies as contested spaces / Neoliberalism and the constitution of contemporary bodies / Sitting pretty : fat bodies, classroom desks, and academic excess / Stigma threat and the fat professor: reducing student prejudice in the classroom / Fat stories in the classroom : what and how are they teaching about us? / Fat girls and size queens : alternative publications and the visualizing of fat and queer eroto-politics in contemporary American culture / Fat girls need fiction / Fat heroines in chick-lit: gateway to acceptance in the mainstream? / The fat of the (border)land : food, flesh, and Hispanic masculinity in Willa Cather's 'Death Comes for the Archbishop' / Placing fat women on center stage / "The white man's burden" : female sexuality, tourist postcards, and the place of the fat woman in early 20th century U.S. culture / The Roseanne Benedict Arnolds: how fat women are betrayed by their celebrity icons / Jiggle in my walk: the iconic power of the "big butt" in American pop culture / Seeing through the layers : fat suits and thin bodies in 'the Nutty Professor' and 'Shallow Hal' / Controlling the body : media representations, body size, and self-discipline / "I'm allowed to be a sexual being" : the distinctive social conditions of the fat burlesque stage / Embodying fat liberation / Not Jane Fonda : aerobics for fat women only / Exorcising the exercise myth: creating women of substance / Maybe it should be called fat American studies / Are we ready to throw our weight around? Fat studies and political activism / Appendix A : fat liberation manifesto, November 1973 / Marilyn Wann -- Sandra Solovay and Esther Rothblum -- Laura Fraser -- Elena Levy-Navarro -- Paul Ernsberger -- Glenn Gaesser -- Deb Burgard -- Bianca D.M. Wilson -- Kathleen LeBesco -- Pat Lyons -- Laura Jennings -- Lucy Aphramor and Jacqui Gingras -- Christina Fisanick -- Natalie Boero -- Jacqueline Weinstock and Michelle Krehbiel -- Maho Isono, Patti Lou Watkins, and Lee Ee Lian -- S. Bear Bergman -- Nathaniel C. Pyle and Michael I. Loewy -- Tracy Royce -- Ariane Prohaska and Jeannine Gailey -- Dylan Vade and Sondra Solovay -- Joyce L. Huff -- Julie Guthman -- Ashley Hetrick and Derek Attig -- Elena Andrea Escalera -- Susan Koppelman -- Stefanie Snider -- Susan Stinson -- Lara Frater -- Julia McCrossin -- JuliaGrace Jester -- Amy Farrell -- Beth Bernstein and Matilda St. John -- Wendy A. Burns-Ardolino -- Katharina R. Mendoza -- Dina Giovanelli and Stephen Ostertag -- D. Lacy Asbill -- Heather McAllister -- Jenny Ellison -- Dana Schuster and Lisa Tealer -- Charlotte Cooper -- Deb Burgard, Elana Dykewomon, Esther Rothblum, and Pattie Thomas -- Judy Freespirit and Aldebaran.
9780814776308 (cl : alk. paper) 0814776302 (cl : alk. paper) 9780814776315 (pb : alk. paper) 0814776310 (pb : alk. paper)
2009017385
GBA994898 bnb
015380989 Uk
Obesity--Social aspects.
Overweight persons.
RA645.O23 / F55 2009
362.196/398