The fat studies reader /
The fat studies reader /
edited by Esther Rothblum and Sondra Solovay ; foreword by Marilyn Wann.
- New York : New York University Press, c2009.
- xxvii, 365 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. ; pbk.
CW017, CW717 CW028
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword : fat studies: an invitation to revolution / Introduction / The inner corset : a brief history of fat in the United States / Fattening queer history : where does fat history go from here? / Does social class explain the connection between weight and health? / Is "permanent weight loss" an oxymoron? The statistics on weight loss and the national weight control registry / What is "health at every size"? / Widening the dialogue to narrow the gap in health disparities : approaches to fat black lesbian and bisexual women's health promotion / Quest for a cause: the fat gene, the gay gene, and the new eugenics / Prescription for harm : diet industry influence, public health policy, and the "obesity epidemic" / Public fat : Canadian provincial governments and fat on the web / That remains to be said : disappeared feminist discourses on fat in dietetic theory and practice / Fatness (in)visible : polycystic ovarian syndrome and the rhetoric of normative femininity / Fat kids, working moms, and the "epidemic of obesity" : race, class, and mother blame / Fat youth as common targets for bullying / Bon bon fatty girl : a qualitative exploration of weight bias in Singapore / Part-time fatso / Double stigma : fat men and their male admirers / The shape of abuse : fat oppression as a form of violence against women / Fat women as "easy targets" : achieving masculinity through hogging / No apology : shared struggles in fat and transgender law / Access to the sky : airplane seats and fat bodies as contested spaces / Neoliberalism and the constitution of contemporary bodies / Sitting pretty : fat bodies, classroom desks, and academic excess / Stigma threat and the fat professor: reducing student prejudice in the classroom / Fat stories in the classroom : what and how are they teaching about us? / Fat girls and size queens : alternative publications and the visualizing of fat and queer eroto-politics in contemporary American culture / Fat girls need fiction / Fat heroines in chick-lit: gateway to acceptance in the mainstream? / The fat of the (border)land : food, flesh, and Hispanic masculinity in Willa Cather's 'Death Comes for the Archbishop' / Placing fat women on center stage / "The white man's burden" : female sexuality, tourist postcards, and the place of the fat woman in early 20th century U.S. culture / The Roseanne Benedict Arnolds: how fat women are betrayed by their celebrity icons / Jiggle in my walk: the iconic power of the "big butt" in American pop culture / Seeing through the layers : fat suits and thin bodies in 'The Nutty Professor' and 'Shallow Hal' / Controlling the body : media representations, body size, and self-discipline / "I'm allowed to be a sexual being" : the distinctive social conditions of the fat burlesque stage / Embodying fat liberation / Not Jane Fonda : aerobics for fat women only / Exorcising the exercise myth: creating women of substance / Maybe it should be called fat American studies / Are we ready to throw our weight around? Fat studies and political activism / Appendix A : Fat Liberation Manifesto, November 1973 / Appendix B : Legal briefs. Marilyn Wann -- Sondra Solovay and Esther Rothblum -- Laura Fraser -- Elena Levy-Navarro -- Paul Ernsberger -- Glenn Gaesser -- Deb Burgard -- Bianca D.M. Wilson -- Kathleen LeBesco -- Pat Lyons -- Laura Jennings -- Lucy Aphramor and Jacqui Gingras -- Christina Fisanick -- Natalie Boero -- Jacqueline Weinstock and Michelle Krehbiel -- Maho Isono, Patti Lou Watkins, and Lee Ee Lian -- S. Bear Bergman -- Nathaniel C. Pyle and Michael I. Loewy -- Tracy Royce -- Ariane Prohaska and Jeannine Gailey -- Dylan Vade and Sondra Solovay -- Joyce L. Huff -- Julie Guthman -- Ashley Hetrick and Derek Attig -- Elena Andrea Escalera -- Susan Koppelman -- Stefanie Snider -- Susan Stinson -- Lara Frater -- Julia McCrossin -- JuliaGrace Jester -- Amy Farrell -- Beth Bernstein and Matilda St. John -- Wendy A. Burns-Ardolino -- Katharina R. Mendoza -- Dina Giovanelli and Stephen Ostertag -- D. Lacy Asbill -- Heather McAllister -- Jenny Ellison -- Dana Schuster and Lisa Tealer -- Charlotte Cooper -- Deb Burgard, Elana Dykewomon, Esther Rothblum, and Pattie Thomas -- Judy Freespirit and Aldebaran --
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 group 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. This book brings 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, it is a 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.
9780814776315 (pb : alk. paper) 0814776310 (pb : alk. paper) 9780814776407 081477640X
2009017385
Obesity--Social aspects.
Overweight persons.
362.196398
CW017, CW717 CW028
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword : fat studies: an invitation to revolution / Introduction / The inner corset : a brief history of fat in the United States / Fattening queer history : where does fat history go from here? / Does social class explain the connection between weight and health? / Is "permanent weight loss" an oxymoron? The statistics on weight loss and the national weight control registry / What is "health at every size"? / Widening the dialogue to narrow the gap in health disparities : approaches to fat black lesbian and bisexual women's health promotion / Quest for a cause: the fat gene, the gay gene, and the new eugenics / Prescription for harm : diet industry influence, public health policy, and the "obesity epidemic" / Public fat : Canadian provincial governments and fat on the web / That remains to be said : disappeared feminist discourses on fat in dietetic theory and practice / Fatness (in)visible : polycystic ovarian syndrome and the rhetoric of normative femininity / Fat kids, working moms, and the "epidemic of obesity" : race, class, and mother blame / Fat youth as common targets for bullying / Bon bon fatty girl : a qualitative exploration of weight bias in Singapore / Part-time fatso / Double stigma : fat men and their male admirers / The shape of abuse : fat oppression as a form of violence against women / Fat women as "easy targets" : achieving masculinity through hogging / No apology : shared struggles in fat and transgender law / Access to the sky : airplane seats and fat bodies as contested spaces / Neoliberalism and the constitution of contemporary bodies / Sitting pretty : fat bodies, classroom desks, and academic excess / Stigma threat and the fat professor: reducing student prejudice in the classroom / Fat stories in the classroom : what and how are they teaching about us? / Fat girls and size queens : alternative publications and the visualizing of fat and queer eroto-politics in contemporary American culture / Fat girls need fiction / Fat heroines in chick-lit: gateway to acceptance in the mainstream? / The fat of the (border)land : food, flesh, and Hispanic masculinity in Willa Cather's 'Death Comes for the Archbishop' / Placing fat women on center stage / "The white man's burden" : female sexuality, tourist postcards, and the place of the fat woman in early 20th century U.S. culture / The Roseanne Benedict Arnolds: how fat women are betrayed by their celebrity icons / Jiggle in my walk: the iconic power of the "big butt" in American pop culture / Seeing through the layers : fat suits and thin bodies in 'The Nutty Professor' and 'Shallow Hal' / Controlling the body : media representations, body size, and self-discipline / "I'm allowed to be a sexual being" : the distinctive social conditions of the fat burlesque stage / Embodying fat liberation / Not Jane Fonda : aerobics for fat women only / Exorcising the exercise myth: creating women of substance / Maybe it should be called fat American studies / Are we ready to throw our weight around? Fat studies and political activism / Appendix A : Fat Liberation Manifesto, November 1973 / Appendix B : Legal briefs. Marilyn Wann -- Sondra Solovay and Esther Rothblum -- Laura Fraser -- Elena Levy-Navarro -- Paul Ernsberger -- Glenn Gaesser -- Deb Burgard -- Bianca D.M. Wilson -- Kathleen LeBesco -- Pat Lyons -- Laura Jennings -- Lucy Aphramor and Jacqui Gingras -- Christina Fisanick -- Natalie Boero -- Jacqueline Weinstock and Michelle Krehbiel -- Maho Isono, Patti Lou Watkins, and Lee Ee Lian -- S. Bear Bergman -- Nathaniel C. Pyle and Michael I. Loewy -- Tracy Royce -- Ariane Prohaska and Jeannine Gailey -- Dylan Vade and Sondra Solovay -- Joyce L. Huff -- Julie Guthman -- Ashley Hetrick and Derek Attig -- Elena Andrea Escalera -- Susan Koppelman -- Stefanie Snider -- Susan Stinson -- Lara Frater -- Julia McCrossin -- JuliaGrace Jester -- Amy Farrell -- Beth Bernstein and Matilda St. John -- Wendy A. Burns-Ardolino -- Katharina R. Mendoza -- Dina Giovanelli and Stephen Ostertag -- D. Lacy Asbill -- Heather McAllister -- Jenny Ellison -- Dana Schuster and Lisa Tealer -- Charlotte Cooper -- Deb Burgard, Elana Dykewomon, Esther Rothblum, and Pattie Thomas -- Judy Freespirit and Aldebaran --
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 group 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. This book brings 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, it is a 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.
9780814776315 (pb : alk. paper) 0814776310 (pb : alk. paper) 9780814776407 081477640X
2009017385
Obesity--Social aspects.
Overweight persons.
362.196398