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Bodies Out Of Bounds: Fatness And Transgression
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Since World War Ii, When The Diet And Fitness Industries Promoted Mass Obsession With Weight And Body Shape, Fat Has Been A Dirty Word. In The United States, Fat Is Seen As Repulsive, Funny, Ugly, Unclean, Obscene, And Above All As Something To Lose. Bodies Out Of Bounds Challenges These Dominant Perceptions By Examining Social Representations Of The Fat Body. The Contributors To This Collection Show That What Counts As Fat And How It Is Valued Are Far From Universal; The Variety Of Meanings Attributed To Body Size In Other Times And Places Demonstrates That Perceptions Of Corpulence Are Infused With Cultural, Historical, Political, And Economic Biases. The Exceptionally Rich And Engaging Essays Collected In This Volume Question Discursive Constructions Of Fatness While Analyzing The Politics And Power Of Corpulence And Addressing The Absence Of Fat People In Media Representations Of The Body.The Essays Are Widely Interdisciplinary; They Explore Their Subject With Insight, Originality, And Humor. The Contributors Examine The Intersections Of Fat With Ethnicity, Race, Queerness, Class, And Minority Cultures, As Well As With Historical Variations In The Signification Of Fat. They Also Consider Ways In Which Objective Medical And Psychological Discourses About Fat People And Food Hide Larger Agendas. By Illustrating How Fat Is A Malleable Construct That Can Be Used To Serve Dominant Economic And Cultural Interests, Bodies Out Of Bounds Stakes New Claims For Those Whose Body Size Does Not Adhere To Society'S Confining Standards.
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- Q: What is the main theme of 'Bodies out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression'? A: The main theme of the book is to challenge dominant perceptions of fatness by examining social representations of the fat body and highlighting cultural, historical, political, and economic biases associated with body size.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'Bodies out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression' is Jana Evans Braziel.
- Q: What type of essays are included in this collection? A: The collection includes interdisciplinary essays that explore intersections of fat with ethnicity, race, queerness, class, and minority cultures, while also analyzing the politics and power of corpulence.
- Q: When was 'Bodies out of Bounds' published? A: The book was published on July 2, 2001.
- Q: What is the page count of the book? A: The book contains 391 pages.
- Q: What edition of the book is available? A: This is the First Edition of 'Bodies out of Bounds: Fatness and Transgression'.
- Q: What is the binding type of this book? A: The book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: Is this book in new condition? A: Yes, the book is listed as being in new condition.
- Q: Does the book discuss media representations of fat people? A: Yes, the book addresses the absence of fat people in media representations and questions the discursive constructions of fatness.
- Q: What issues does the book raise about medical and psychological discourses regarding fatness? A: The book critiques how 'objective' medical and psychological discourses about fat people and food may conceal larger agendas.