Bodies out of bounds : fatness and transgression /

Since World War II, when the diet and fitness industries promoted mass obsession with weight and body shape, fat has been a dirty word. In the United States, fat is seen as repulsive, funny, ugly, unclean, obscene, and above all as something to lose. Bodies Out of Bounds challenges these dominant pe...

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Other Authors:	Braziel, Jana Evans, 1967-, LeBesco, Kathleen, 1970-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Subjects:	Obesity > Social aspects > Miscellanea. Overweight women > Social aspects > Miscellanea. Body image > Social aspects > Miscellanea. Physical-appearance-based bias > Miscellanea. Discrimination against overweight persons > Miscellanea. Obesity > Social aspects. Physical-appearance-based bias. Overweight women > Social aspects. Body image > Social aspects. Aesthetics. Prejudices. Obesity > psychology Beauty Body Image Prejudice
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