Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture

by Amy Erdman Farrell

Book Overview

One of Choice's Significant University Press Titles for Undergraduates, 2010-2011

A necessary cultural and historical discussion on the stigma of fatness

To be fat hasn't always occasioned the level of hysteria that this condition receives today and indeed was once considered an admirable trait. Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture explores this arc, from veneration to shame, examining the historic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814727689
• ISBN13: 9780814727683
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"