| Description |
x, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Social problems and social issues
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Social problems and social issues.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Social management of fatness and thinness / Donna Maurer and Jeffery Sobal -- Adoption and management of a "fat" identity / Douglas Degher and Gerald Hughes -- Identity management among overweight women: narratve resistance to stigma / Gina Cordell and Carol Rambo Ronai -- Fighting back: reactions and resistance to the stigma of obesity / Leanne Joanisse and Anthony Synnott -- From "dieting" to "healthy eating": an exploration of shifting constructions of eating for weight control / Gwen E. Chapman -- Medical discourse on body image: reconceptualizing the differences between women with and without eating disorders / Susan Haworth-Hoeppner -- Weight and weddings: the social construction of beautiful brides / Jeffery Sobal, Caron Bove, and Barbara Rauschenbach -- Let go and let God: religion and the politics of surrender in Overeaters Anonymous / Rebecca J. Lester -- Fat world/thin world: "fat busters," "equivocators," "fat boosters," and the social construction of obesity / Karen Honeycutt -- Creating "uniformity": the construction of bodies in women's collegiate cross country / Elizabeth Ransom -- Pounds of flesh: weight, gender, and body images / Thomas F. Cash and Robin E. Roy -- Re-evaluating the weight-centered approach toward health: the need for a paradigm shift / Jeanine C. Cogan. |
| Subject |
Obesity -- Social aspects.
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Obesity -- Social aspects. |
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Food -- Social aspects.
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Food -- Social aspects. |
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Nutrition -- Social aspects.
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Nutrition -- Social aspects. |
| Added Author |
Sobal, Jeffery, 1950-
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Maurer, Donna, 1961-
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| ISBN |
0202305783 paperback alkaline paper |
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0202305775 alkaline paper |
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