Bodies out of bounds : fatness and transgression

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Braziel, Jana Evans, 1967- (-), LeBesco, Kathleen, 1970-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press c2001.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Body image > Social aspects > Miscellanea.
Discrimination against overweight persons > Miscellanea.
Obesity > Social aspects > Miscellanea.
Overweight women > Social aspects > Miscellanea.
Physical-appearance-based bias > Miscellanea.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798085406719

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