What's wrong with fat? / Abigail Saguy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saguy, Abigail Cope, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obesity--Social aspects.

Obesity.

Obesity--psychology.

Body Image.

Women.

Medical Subjects:

Obesity--psychology.

Body Image.

Women.

Physical Description:

xii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Summary:

"Abigail Saguy argues that these fraught and frantic debates obscure a more important question: How has fatness come to be understood as a public health crisis at all? Why, she asks, has the view of 'fat' as a problem-a symptom of immorality, a medical pathology, a public health epidemic-come to dominate more positive framings of weight-as consistent with health, beauty, or a legitimate rights claim-in public discourse? Why are heavy individuals singled out for blame? And what are the consequences of understanding weight in these ways? What's Wrong with Fat? presents each of the various ways in which fat is understood in America today, examining the implications of understanding fatness as a health risk, disease, and epidemic, and revealing why we've come to understand the issue in these terms, despite considerable scientific uncertainty and debate. Saguy shows how debates over the relationship between body size and health risk take place within a larger, though often invisible, contest over whether we should understand fatness as obesity at all. Moreover, she reveals that public discussions of the "obesity crisis" do more harm than good, leading to bullying, weight-based discrimination, and misdiagnoses."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Problem frames

Blame frames

Fashioning frames

Frames' effects

Conclusion

Methodological appendix

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Onlinve version: Saguy, Abigail Cope, 1970- What's wrong with fat.

ISBN:

9780199857081

0199857083

9780199377114

0199377111

OCLC:

794367176