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02644aam a2200445Ia 4500 001 70E8B6B2066511E4B09646AEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140708010108 008 131123s2014 ksua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0700619658 (hb) 020 $a 9780700619658 (hb) 035 $a (OCoLC)864095856 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d VJ2 $d NhCcYBP $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 04 $a RC628 $b .H47 2014 060 4 $a WD 210 082 04 $a 616.39800973 $2 23 100 1 $a Herndon, April Michelle. 245 10 $a Fat blame : $b how the war on obesity victimizes women and children / $c April Michelle Herndon. 260 $a Lawrence, Kan. : $b University Press of Kansas, $c c2014. 300 $a x, 203 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a CultureAmerica 520 $a "Fat Blame is a book about how the war on obesity is, in many ways, shaping up to be a battle against women and children, especially women and children who are marginalized via class and race. While conceding that fatness can be linked to certain conditions, or that some populations might be heavier than others, Herndon is more interested in the ways women and children are blamed for obesity and the ways interventions aimed at preventing obesity are problematic in and of themselves. From bariatric surgeries being performed on children to women being positioned as responsible for carrying to term a generation of thin children, her book looks closely at the stories of real people whose lives are drastically altered by interventions that are supposedly for their own good"--Publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Children first : maternal ideology in the war on obesity -- There's no place like home : fatness and families in the courts -- Public and private shame : using children as message boards -- What if the cure is worse than the disease? : how we treat children in the age of obesity. 650 0 $a Discrimination against overweight persons $z United States. 650 0 $a Body image $z United States. 650 0 $a Obesity $z United States. 650 0 $a Weight loss $z United States $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Weight loss $z United States $x Psychological aspects. 650 2 $a Obesity $z United States. 830 0 $a CultureAmerica. 941 $a 6 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213011759.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826093815.0 952 $l OOAX232 $d 20151023010332.0 952 $l LOAX706 $d 20151023010324.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20141224111608.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20141211010756.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=70E8B6B2066511E4B09646AEDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search