The Fat Studies Reader

Posted on 19 July 2019 by Esther D. Rothblum

Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in PsychologyWinner of the 2010 Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Edited Volume in Women s Studies from the Popular Culture AssociationWe have all seen the segments on television news shows A fat person walking on the sidewalk, her face out of frame so she can t be identified, as some disconcerting findings about the obesity epidemic stalking the nation are read by a disembodied voice And we have seen the movies their obvious lack of large leading actors silently speaking volumes From the government, health industry, diet industry, news media, and popular culture we hear that we should all be focused on our weight But is this national obsession with weight and thinness good for us Or is it just another form of prejudice one with especially dire consequences for many already disenfranchised groups For decades a growing cadre of scholars has been examining the role of body weight in society, critiquing the underlying assumptions, prejudices, and effects of how people perceive and relate to fatness This burgeoning movement, known as fat studies, includes scholars from every field, as well as activists, artists, and intellectuals The Fat Studies Reader is a milestone achievement, bringing together fifty three diverse voices to explore a wide range of topics related to body weight From the historical construction of fatness to public health policy, from job discrimination to social class disparities, from chick lit to airline seats, this collection covers it all.Edited by two leaders in the field, The Fat Studies Reader is an invaluable resource that provides a historical overview of fat studies, an in depth examination of the movement s fundamental concerns, and an up to date look at its innovative research. Read The Fat Studies Reader – kino-fada.fr This is a text book made up of chapters which appear to be a bunch of senior thesis projects The chapters really are truly research papers that the writers were hoping to publish in some sort of journal, probably one related to sociology The chapters even have sections such as methodology , results etc I m telling you, the editors grabbed a bunch of senior research papers and stuck them together calling them a book So, this is excruciating to read, really very very horrible to read This is a text book made up of chapters which appear to be a bunch of senior thesis projects The chapters really are truly research papers that the writers were hoping to publish in some sort of journal, probably one related to sociology The chapters even have sections such as methodology , results etc I m telling you, the editors grabbed a bunch of senior research papers and stuck them together calling them a book So, this is excruciating to read, really very very horrible to read for a person who enjoys fiction writing I have a ...This is an outstanding edited collection Part manifesto, part future research agenda, this book offers the starting point for an understanding of health, fitness and the weight loss industry There is attention to size diversity in education, sexuality, popular culture and politics Edited collections are often uneven in terms of research and writing But this is beautifully written, evocative research It is also incredible value for a library collection For students and staff, this single This is an outstanding edited collection Part manifesto, part future research agenda, this book offers the starting point for an understanding of health, fitness and the weight loss industry There is attention to size diversity in education, sexuality, popular culture and politics Edited collections are often uneven in terms of research and writing But this is beautifully written, ev...WEIGHING INJessica Holden SherwoodReview of The Fat Studies ReaderEdited by Esther Rothblum and Sondra SolovayNYU PressWith a winning audacity, The Fat Studies Reader announces its intention to serve as the foundation of a new academic field Its editors present convincing voices from law, medicine, social sciences and the humanities, making it difficult to dismiss their case that the time has come for fat studies As the student authors of one essay note, the subject overflows disciplinary WEIGHING INJessica Holden SherwoodReview of The Fat Studies ReaderEdited by Esther Rothblum and Sondra SolovayNYU PressWith a winning audacity, The Fat Studies Reader announces its intention to serve as the foundation of a new academic field Its editors present convincing voices from law, medicine, social sciences and the humanities, making it difficult to dismiss their case that the time has come for fat studies As the student authors of one essay note, the subject overflows disciplinary boundaries the same way their bodies overflow the desks in their college classrooms Most Americans have accepted the health focused conventional wisdom that obesity is a medical condition demanding prevention or intervention because of its risk of causing various other conditions, including diabetes or even premature death Whether or not one questions the concept that normal weight is better and healthier, The Fat Studies Reade...it was good for the first out of the gaybut one could have dealt withintersectionalitiesJulie Guthman, Neoliberalism and the Constitution of Contemporary Bodies pp.187 196p.190 As Harvey notes in The Condition of Postmodernity 1989 , several possible fixes for the crisis existed in theory, but none was all too pretty Devaluations which did occur, notably in the rust belt are always politically fraught macro economic regulation of the Keynesian sort was exactly what the right was out to dismantle, and temporal fixes of infrastructural development which displace the problem Julie Guthman, Neoliberalism and the Constitution of Contemporary Bodies pp.187 196p.190 As Harvey notes in The Condition of Postmodernity 1989 , several possible fixes for the crisis existed in theory, but none was all too pretty Devaluations which did occur, notably in the rust belt are always politically fraught macro economic regulation of the Keynesian sort was exactly what the right was out to dismantle, and temporal fix...I m sure that academics particularly those in the Women s Studies field will love this anthology but for the average reader it is a bit dense There is a lot of good things going on in here, but the academic nature of the tome will put lots of people off Bottom line is that the a...A much needed anthology, though I already was aware of much of the information in it as will be most people with any background in feminism The chapters are usually at least marginally interesting, and are thankfully free of psychobabble or impractical recommendations to love yourself out of fat stigma Honestly, the first chapters focusing on that stigma and ...NO RATINGMhmm As a fat woman, some of these articles research interested me, such as Hogging Easy Target , Bullying, the blame on moms, andThough, by the end, the articles were losing my interest due to their aspect in Fat Stu...I m reading this for grad school I imagine I will keep coming back to it over and over again So surprised and grateful my public library has a copySome amazing, some ok, some stinkers am specifically looking for a solid intro book and this wasn t it, but lots of neat stuff regardless

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19 July 2019

Esther D. Rothblum