Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture by Amy Erdman Farrell (En

Description: Fat Shame by Amy Erdman Farrell A historical examination of the social culture of body image FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description One of Choices Significant University Press Titles for Undergraduates, 2010-2011A necessary cultural and historical discussion on the stigma of fatnessTo be fat hasnt always occasioned the level of hysteria that this condition receives today and indeed was once considered an admirable trait. Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture explores this arc, from veneration to shame, examining the historic roots of our contemporary anxiety about fatness. Tracing the cultural denigration of fatness to the mid 19th century, Amy Farrell argues that the stigma associated with a fat body preceded any health concerns about a large body size. Firmly in place by the time the diet industry began to flourish in the 1920s, the development of fat stigma was related not only to cultural anxieties that emerged during the modern period related to consumer excess, but, even more profoundly, to prevailing ideas about race, civilization and evolution. For 19th and early 20th century thinkers, fatness was a key marker of inferiority, of an uncivilized, barbaric, and primitive body. This idea—that fatness is a sign of a primitive person—endures today, fueling both our $60 billion "war on fat" and our cultural distress over the "obesity epidemic."Farrell draws on a wide array of sources, including political cartoons, popular literature, postcards, advertisements, and physicians manuals, to explore the link between our historic denigration of fatness and our contemporary concern over obesity. Her work sheds particular light on feminisms fraught relationship to fatness. From the white suffragists of the early 20th century to contemporary public figures like Oprah Winfrey, Monica Lewinsky, and even the Obama family, Farrell explores the ways that those who seek to shed stigmatized identities—whether of gender, race, ethnicity or class—often take part in weight reduction schemes and fat mockery in order to validate themselves as "civilized." In sharp contrast to these narratives of fat shame are the ideas of contemporary fat activists, whose articulation of a new vision of the body Farrell explores in depth. This book is significant for anyone concerned about the contemporary "war on fat" and the ways that notions of the "civilized body" continue to legitimate discrimination and cultural oppression. Notes A historical examination of the social culture of body image Author Biography Amy Farrell is Professor of American Studies and Womens and Gender Studies at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. She is the author of Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture and Yours in Sisterhood: Ms. Magazine and the Promise of Popular Feminism. Table of Contents Acknowledgments 1 Considering Fat Shame 2 Fat, Modernity, and the Problem of Excess 3 Fat and the Un-Civilized Body 4 Feminism, Citizenship, and Fat Stigma 5 Narrating Fat Shame 6 Refusing to Apologize Conclusion: "The horror! The horror!" Notes Bibliography Index About the Author Review " Farrells explorations of fat primitivism in mainstream and feminist cultures are invaluable to understanding the contemporary stigmatization of fat that has become nearly ubiquitous in America today...with its lucid and rigorous account of the development and circulation of fat stigma in historical and current contexts, Fat Shame is indeed a soon-to-be-classic text in the field of Fat Studies." Teachers College Record "In this groundbreaking and fascinating text, Farrell repositions the fat body within a political framework, one that explores how power is exercised over bodies and how stigma and shame regulates and controls which citizens are granted access to full citizenship. Drawing from the work of cultural theorists such as Susan Bordo, Farrell eloquently articulates the political operations mitigating a womans relationship to her body, and repositions the fat body as a site of subversion." Womens Post Promotional A historical examination of the social culture of body image Long Description To be fat hasnt always occasioned the level of hysteria that this condition receives today and indeed was once considered an admirable trait. Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture explores this arc, from veneration to shame, examining the historic roots of our contemporary anxiety about fatness. Tracing the cultural denigration of fatness to the mid 19th century, Amy Farrell argues that the stigma associated with a fat body preceded any health concerns about a large body size. Firmly in place by the time the diet industry began to flourish in the 1920s, the development of fat stigma was related not only to cultural anxieties that emerged during the modern period related to consumer excess, but, even more profoundly, to prevailing ideas about race, civilization and evolution. For 19th and early 20th century thinkers, fatness was a key marker of inferiority, of an uncivilized, barbaric, and primitive body. This idea-that fatness is a sign of a primitive person-endures today, fueling both our $60 billion "war on fat" and our cultural distress over the "obesity epidemic." Farrell draws on a wide array of sources, including political cartoons, popular literature, postcards, advertisements, and physicians manuals, to explore the link between our historic denigration of fatness and our contemporary concern over obesity. Her work sheds particular light on feminisms fraught relationship to fatness. From the white suffragists of the early 20th century to contemporary public figures like Oprah Winfrey, Monica Lewinsky, and even the Obama family, Farrell explores the ways that those who seek to shed stigmatized identities-whether of gender, race, ethnicity or class-often take part in weight reduction schemes and fat mockery in order to validate themselves as "civilized." In sharp contrast to these narratives of fat shame are the ideas of contemporary fat activists, whose articulation of a new vision of the body Farrell explores in depth. This book is significant for anyone concerned about the contemporary "war on fat" and the ways that notions of the "civilized body" continue to legitimate discrimination and cultural oppression. Review Quote "Violent, funny, beautiful, intelligent." - Jane Rule Details ISBN0814727689 Author Amy Erdman Farrell Short Title FAT SHAME Language English ISBN-10 0814727689 ISBN-13 9780814727683 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2011 Imprint New York University Press Subtitle Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations 20 illustrations Pages 219 Residence Carlisle, PA, US Publication Date 2011-05-02 Publisher New York University Press UK Release Date 2011-05-02 NZ Release Date 2011-05-02 US Release Date 2011-05-02 Alternative 9780814727690 DEWEY 306.46130973 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly AU Release Date 2011-05-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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