The fat studies reader / edited by Esther Rothblum and Sondra Solovay ; foreword by Marilyn Wann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rothblum, Esther D.

Solovay, Sondra, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obesity--Social aspects.

Obesity.

Overweight persons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : New York Unviersity Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in PsychologyWinner of the 2010 Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Edited Volume in Women’s Studies from the Popular Culture AssociationWe have all seen the segments on television news shows: A fat person walking on the sidewalk, her face out of frame so she can't be identified, as some disconcerting findings about the "obesity epidemic" stalking the nation are read by a disembodied voice. And we have seen the movies—their obvious lack of large leading actors silently speaking volumes. From the government, health industry, diet industry, news media, and popular culture we hear that we should all be focused on our weight. But is this national obsession with weight and thinness good for us? Or is it just another form of prejudice—one with especially dire consequences for many already disenfranchised groups?For decades a growing cadre of scholars has been examining the role of body weight in society, critiquing the underlying assumptions, prejudices, and effects of how people perceive and relate to fatness. This burgeoning movement, known as fat studies, includes scholars from every field, as well as activists, artists, and intellectuals. The Fat Studies Reader is a milestone achievement, bringing together fifty-three diverse voices to explore a wide range of topics related to body weight. From the historical construction of fatness to public health policy, from job discrimination to social class disparities, from chick-lit to airline seats, this collection covers it all.Edited by two leaders in the field, The Fat Studies Reader is an invaluable resource that provides a historical overview of fat studies, an in-depth examination of the movement’s fundamental concerns, and an up-to-date look at its innovative research.

Contents:

The Fat Studies Reader

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. What Is Fat Studies? The Social and Historical Construction of Fatness

1. The Inner Corset

2. Fattening Queer History

Part II. Fat Studies in Health and Medicine

3. Does Social Class Explain the Connection Between Weight and Health?

4. Is “Permanent Weight Loss” an Oxymoron?

5. What Is “Health at Every Size”?

6. Widening the Dialogue to Narrow the Gap in Health Disparities

7. Quest for a Cause

8. Prescription for Harm

9. Public Fat

10. That Remains to Be Said Disappeared Feminist Discourses on Fat in Dietetic Theory and Practice

11. Fatness (In)visible

Part III. Fatness as Social Inequality

12. Fat Kids, Working Moms, and the “Epidemic of Obesity”

13. Fat Youth as Common Targets for Bullying

14. Bon Bon Fatty Girl

15. Part-Time Fatso

16. Double Stigma: Fat Men and Their Male Admirers

17. The Shape of Abuse

18. Fat Women as “Easy Targets”

19. No Apology

20. Access to the Sky

21. Neoliberalism and the Constitution of Contemporary Bodies

22. Sitting Pretty

23. Stigma Threat and the Fat Professor

24. Fat Stories in the Classroom

Part IV. Size-ism in Popular Culture and Literature

25. Fat Girls and Size Queens

26. Fat Girls Need Fiction

27. Fat Heroines in Chick-Lit

28. The Fat of the (Border)land

29. Placing Fat Women on Center Stage

30. “The White Man’s Burden”

31. The Roseanne Benedict Arnolds

32. Jiggle in My Walk

33. Seeing Through the Layers

34. Controlling the Body

35. “I’m Allowed to Be a Sexual Being”

36. Embodying Fat Liberation

37. Not Jane Fonda

38. Exorcising the Exercise Myth

Part VI. Starting the Revolution

39. Maybe It Should Be Called Fat American Studies

40. Are We Ready to Throw Our Weight Around? Fat Studies and Political Activism

Appendix A

About the Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

0-8147-7743-0

1-4416-3158-5

OCLC:

779828296