Fearing the black body : the racial origins of fat phobia
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- ISBN: 1479819808
- ISBN: 9781479819805
- ISBN: 1479886750
- ISBN: 9781479886753
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Physical Description:
vii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
print - Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: The original epidemic -- Part I. The beauty of the robust. Being Venus -- Plump women and thin, fine men -- Part II. Race, weight, god, and country. The rise of the big black woman -- Birth of the ascetic aesthetic -- American beauty : the reign of the slender aesthetic -- Thinness as American exceptionalism -- Part III. Doctors weigh in. Good health to uplift the race -- Fat, revisited -- Epilogue: The obesity epidemic. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Emily Carr University of Art + Design | HQ1220 .U5 S77 2019 (Text) | 30240353 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |