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Title:

Interpreting weight : the social management of fatness and thinness / Jeffery Sobal and Donna Maurer, editors.

Publisher:

Aldine de Gruyter,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

x, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Obesity--Social aspects.
Food--Social aspects.
Nutrition--Social aspects.
Obesity
Body image
Prejudice.
Social perception.
Obésité--Aspect social.
Aliments--Aspect social.
Nutrition--Aspect social.

Other Authors:

Sobal, Jeffery, 1950-
Maurer, Donna, 1961-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Re-evaluating the weight-centered approach toward health: the need for a paradigm shift / Jeanine C. Cogan. 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.

Series:

Social problems and social issues

ISBN:

9780202305783 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0202305783 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780202305776 (alk. paper)
0202305775 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40715655

LCCN:

99013617

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PYAX423 -- ECC - Osgood Library (Iowa Falls)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)