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

  • Farrell, Amy Erdman.
Date:
[2011], ©2011
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

New York ; London : New York University Press, [2011], ©2011.

Physical description

x, 209 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm

Contents

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.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FDY.6.AA8-9
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780814727683
  • 0814727689
  • 9780814727690
  • 0814727697
  • 9780814728345
  • 0814728340