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The Fat Studies Reader

Autor Esther Rothblum, Sondra Solovay, Marilyn Wann
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 noi 2009
We 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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780814776308
ISBN-10: 0814776302
Pagini: 396
Ilustrații: 21 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 186 x 262 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.86 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:United States

Cuprins

Acknowledgments x; Foreword: Fat Studies: An Invitation to Revolution 1; Marilyn Wann; Introduction 32; Sondra Solovay and Esther Rothblum; Part I. What Is Fat Studies? The Social and Historical Construction of Fatness; 1. The Inner Corset: A Brief History of Fat in the United States 48; Laura Fraser; 2. Fattening Queer History: Where Does Fat History Go from Here? 55; Elena Levy-Navarro ; Part II. Fat Studies in Health and Medicine; 3. Does Social Class Explain the Connection between Weight and Health? 73; Paul Ernsberger; 4. Is “Permanent Weight Loss” an Oxymoron? The Statistics on Weight Loss and the National Weight Control Registry 98; Glenn Gaesser; 5. What Is “Health at Every Size”? 106; Deborah Burgard; 6. Widening the Dialogue to Narrow the Gap in Health Disparities: Approaches to Fat Black Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Health Promotion 126; Bianca D.M. Wilson; 7. Quest for a Cause: The Fat Gene, the Gay Gene, and the New Eugenics 146; Kathleen LeBesco; 8. Prescription for Harm: Diet Industry Influence, Public Health Policy and the “Obesity Epidemic” 163; Pat Lyons; 9. Public Fat: Canadian Provincial Governments and Fat on the Web 186; Laura Jennings; 10. That Remains to Be Said: Disappeared Feminist Discourses on Fat in Dietetic Theory and Practice 202; Lucy Aphramor and Jacqui Gingras; 11. Fatness (In)Visible: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and Normative Femininity 218; Christina Fisanick; Part III. Fatness as Social Inequality; 12. Fat Kids, Working Moms, and the “Epidemic of Obesity”: Race, Class, and Mother-Blame 228; Natalie Boero; 13. Fat Youth as Common Targets for Bullying 241; Jacqueline Weinstock and Michelle Krehbiel; 14. Bon Bon Fatty Girl: A Qualitative Exploration of Weight Bias in Singapore 254; Maho Isono, Patti Lou Watkins and Lee Ee Lian; 15. Part-Time Fatso 274; S. Bear Bergman; 16. Double Stigma: Fat Men and Their Male Admirers 279; Nathaniel C. Pyle and Michael I. Loewy; 17. The Shape of Abuse: Fat Oppression as a Form of Violence against Women 294; Tracy Royce; 18. Fat Women as “Easy Targets”: Achieving Masculinity through Hogging 307; Ariane Prohaska and Jeannine Gailey; 19. No Apology: Shared Struggles in Fat and Transgender Law 322; Dylan Vade and Sondra Solovay; 20. Access to the Sky: Airplane Seats and Fat Bodies as Contested Spaces 338; Joyce L. Huff; 21. Neoliberalism and the Constitution of Contemporary Bodies 357; Julie Guthman; 22. Sitting Pretty: Fat Bodies, Classroom Desks, and Academic Excess 375; Ashley Hetrick and Derek Attig; 23. Stigma Threat and the Fat Professor: Reducing Student Prejudice in the Classroom 389; Elena Andrea Escalera; 24. Fat Stories in the Classroom: What Are They Saying about What Has Been Written about Us? 402; Susan Koppelman; Part IV. Size-ism in Popular Culture and Literature; 25. Fat Girls and Size Queens: Alternative Publications and the Visualizing of Fat and Queer Eroto-Politics in Contemporary American Culture 418; Stefanie Snider; 26. Fat Girls Need Fiction 428; Susan Stinson; 27. Fat Heroines in Chick-Lit: Gateway to Acceptance in the Mainstream? 435; Lara Frater; 28. The Fat of the (Border)land: Food, Flesh, and Hispanic Masculinity in Willa Cather’s Death Comes for the Archbishop 445; Julia McCrossin; 29. Placing Fat Women on Center Stage 459; JuliaGrace Jester; 30. “The White Man’s Burden”: Female Sexuality, Tourist Postcards, and the Place of the Fat Woman in Early 20th-Century U.S. Culture 471; Amy Farrell; 31. The Roseanne Benedict Arnolds: How Fat Women Are Betrayed by Their Celebrity Icons 483; Beth Bernstein and Matilda St. John; 32. Jiggle in My Walk: The Iconic Power of the “Big Butt” in American Pop Culture 497; Wendy A. Burns-Ardolino; 33. Seeing through the Layers: Fat Suits and Thin Bodies in The Nutty Professor and Shallow Hal 513; Katharina Mendoza; 34. Controlling the Body: Media Representations, Body Size and Discipline 528; Dina Giovanelli and Stephen Ostertag; Part V. Embodying and Embracing Fatness; 35. “I’m Allowed to Be a Sexual Being”: The Distinctive Social Conditions of the Fat Burlesque Stage 544; D. Lacy Asbill; 36. Embodying Fat Liberation 550; Heather McAllister; 37. Not Jane Fonda: Aerobics for Fat Women Only 555; Jenny Ellison; 38. Exorcising the Exercise Myth: Creating Women of Substance 566 ; Dana Schuster and Lisa Tealer; Part VI. Starting the Revolution; 39. Maybe It Should Be Called Fat American Studies 576; Charlotte Cooper; 40. Are We Ready to Throw Our Weight Around? Fat Studies and Political Activism 589; Esther Rothblum, Pattie Thomas, Deborah Burgard, and Elana Dykewomon; Appendixes:Fat Liberation Manifesto, 1973 602; Judy Freespirit and Aldabaran; Legal Briefs 604; Notes 617; About the Contributors 622; Index

Recenzii

"These hard-hitting, provocative essays set the stage for a new paradigm honoring weight diversity and mark an important moment in the history of social justice” Linda Bacon, author of Health at Every Size

"A path-breaking anthology, and the first to map this emerging field. Leading scholars and activists from diverse disciplinary backgrounds explore the pervasiveness of prejudice based on body size, and challenge conventional policy responses. By focusing on goals of health, fitness, and social tolerance, The Fat Studies Reader redefines the ‘problem’ of weight and invites more promising solutions.” Deborah Rhode, Stanford Law School

"With 40 essays that span an impressive array of academic and popular approaches, this book is the first to collect the essential texts of the blossoming discipline known as fat studies, which explores why the oppression of fat people remains acceptable in American culture...It may be too soon for the movement to offer utopian alternatives, but these essays offer a rich supply of tools for the activist and scholar willing to start the revolution, including a "fat liberation manifesto.” Publisher's Weekly

"With a winning audacity, THE FAT STUDIES READER announces its intention to serve as the foundation of a new academic field. Its editors present convincing voices from law, medicine, social sciences and the humanities, making it difficult to dismiss their case that the time has come for fat studies." Ms. Magazine, Nov 2009
"These hard-hitting, provocative essays set the stage for a new paradigm honoring weight diversity and mark an important moment in the history of social justice" Linda Bacon, author of Health at Every Size "A path-breaking anthology, and the first to map this emerging field. Leading scholars and activists from diverse disciplinary backgrounds explore the pervasiveness of prejudice based on body size, and challenge conventional policy responses. By focusing on goals of health, fitness, and social tolerance, The Fat Studies Reader redefines the 'problem' of weight and invites more promising solutions." Deborah Rhode, Stanford Law School "With 40 essays that span an impressive array of academic and popular approaches, this book is the first to collect the essential texts of the blossoming discipline known as fat studies, which explores why the oppression of fat people remains acceptable in American culture...It may be too soon for the movement to offer utopian alternatives, but these essays offer a rich supply of tools for the activist and scholar willing to start the revolution, including a "fat liberation manifesto." Publisher's Weekly "With a winning audacity, THE FAT STUDIES READER announces its intention to serve as the foundation of a new academic field. Its editors present convincing voices from law, medicine, social sciences and the humanities, making it difficult to dismiss their case that the time has come for fat studies." Ms. Magazine, Nov 2009

Descriere

An invaluable resource that provides an in-depth examination of the fat studies movement’s fundamental concerns

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University of Vermont