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Author Farrell, Amy Erdman.

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

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2011]
©2011

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.4613 F245F    Check Shelf
Description x, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Body image.
Stigma (Social psychology)
Discrimination against overweight persons.
Physical-appearance-based bias.
ISBN 9780814727683 cloth alkaline paper
0814727689 cloth alkaline paper
9780814727690 pb alkaline paper
0814727697 pb alkaline paper
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