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Fat shame : stigma and the fat body in American culture Cover Image Book

Fat shame : stigma and the fat body in American culture / Amy Erdman Farrell.

Farrell, Amy Erdman. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780814727683
  • ISBN: 0814727689
  • ISBN: 9780814727690
  • ISBN: 0814727697
  • Physical Description: x, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [2011]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Considering fat shame -- Fat, modernity, and the problem of excess -- Fat and the un-civilized body -- Feminism, citizenship, and fat stigma -- Narrating fat shame -- Refusing to apologize -- Conclusion : the horror, the horror.

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Subject:
Body image.
Stigma (Social psychology)
Discrimination against overweight persons.
Physical-appearance-based bias.
Stigma.

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Jacksonville Main Library 306.461 FAR (Text) 36015000669883 Adult Nonfiction Available -