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Interpreting weight : the social management of fatness and thinness / Jeffery Sobal and Donna Maurer, editors.
Van Pelt Library RA645.O23 I55 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Social problems and social issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obesity--Social aspects.
- Obesity.
- Food--Social aspects.
- Food.
- Nutrition--Social aspects.
- Nutrition.
- Physical Description:
- x, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Aldine de Gruyter, [1999]
- Contents:
- 1 The Social Management of Fatness and Thinness / Donna Maurer, Jeffery Sobal 3
- Part II Weight Identities
- 2 The Adoption and Management of a "Fat" Identity / Douglas Degher, Gerald Hughes 11
- 3 Identity Management among Overweight Women: Narrative Resistance to Stigma / Gina Cordell, Carol Rambo Ronai 29
- 4 Fighting Back: Reactions and Resistance to the Stigma of Obesity / Leanne Joanisse, Anthony Synnott 49
- Part III Redefining Weight
- 5 From "Dieting" to "Healthy Eating": An Exploration of Shifting Constructions of Eating for Weight Control / Gwen E. Chapman 73
- 6 Medical Discourse on Body Image: Reconceptualizing the Differences between Women with and without Eating Disorders / Susan Haworth-Hoeppner 89
- 7 Weight and Weddings: The Social Construction of Beautiful Brides / Jeffery Sobal, Caron Bove, Barbara Rauschenbach 113
- Part IV Organizational Processes in Weight Management
- 8 Let Go and Let God: Religion and the Politics of Surrender in Overeaters Anonymous / Rebecca J. Lester 139
- 9 Fat World/Thin World: "Fat Busters," "Equivocators," "Fat Boosters," and the Social Construction of Obesity / Karen Honeycutt 165
- 10 Creating "Uniformity": The Construction of Bodies in Women's Collegiate Cross Country / Elizabeth Ransom 183
- Part V Reinterpreting Weight
- 11 Pounds of Flesh: Weight, Gender, and Body Images / Thomas F. Cash, Robin E. Roy 209
- 12 Re-evaluating the Weight-Centered Approach Toward Health: The Need for a Paradigm Shift / Jeanine C. Cogan 229.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0202305775
- 0202305783
- OCLC:
- 40715655
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