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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Braziel, Jana Evans, 1967- (-), LeBesco, Kathleen, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press c2001.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Body image > Social aspects > Miscellanea.
Discrimination against overweight persons > Miscellanea.
Obesity > Social aspects > Miscellanea.
Overweight women > Social aspects > Miscellanea.
Physical-appearance-based bias > Miscellanea.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798085406719

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