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The Fat Studies Reader
by
Esther D. Rothblum ,
Sondra Solovay , Marilyn Wann , S. Bear Bergman , Lara Frater (Goodreads Author)
Winner of the 2010 Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in Psychology
Winner of the 2010 Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Edited Volume in Women's Studies from the Popular Culture Association
We have all seen the segments on television news shows: A fat person walking on the sidewalk, her face out of frame so she can't be identified, as some disco...more
Winner of the 2010 Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Edited Volume in Women's Studies from the Popular Culture Association
We have all seen the segments on television news shows: A fat person walking on the sidewalk, her face out of frame so she can't be identified, as some disco...more
Paperback, 365 pages
Published
November 4th 2009
by New York University Press
(first published November 1st 2009)
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This is a text book made up of chapters which appear to be a bunch of senior thesis projects. The "chapters" really are truly research papers that the writers were hoping to publish in some sort of journal, probably one related to sociology. The "chapters" even have sections such as "methodology", "results" etc. I'm telling you, the editors grabbed a bunch of senior research papers and stuck them together calling them a "book". So, this is excruciating to read, really very very horrible to read...more
This is an outstanding edited collection. Part manifesto, part future research agenda, this book offers the starting point for an understanding of health, fitness and the 'weight loss industry.' There is attention to size diversity in education, sexuality, popular culture and politics.
Edited collections are often uneven in terms of research and writing. But this is beautifully written, evocative research. It is also incredible value for a library collection. For students and staff, this single...more
Edited collections are often uneven in terms of research and writing. But this is beautifully written, evocative research. It is also incredible value for a library collection. For students and staff, this single...more
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Jessica Holden Sherwood
Review of The Fat Studies Reader
Edited by Esther Rothblum and Sondra Solovay
NYU Press
With a winning audacity, The Fat Studies Reader announces its intention to serve as the foundation of a new academic field. Its editors present convincing voices from law, medicine, social sciences and the humanities, making it difficult to dismiss their case that the time has come for fat studies. As the student authors of one essay note, the subject overflows disciplinary boun...more
Jessica Holden Sherwood
Review of The Fat Studies Reader
Edited by Esther Rothblum and Sondra Solovay
NYU Press
With a winning audacity, The Fat Studies Reader announces its intention to serve as the foundation of a new academic field. Its editors present convincing voices from law, medicine, social sciences and the humanities, making it difficult to dismiss their case that the time has come for fat studies. As the student authors of one essay note, the subject overflows disciplinary boun...more
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So far, this is an excellent Reader. The Forward by Marilyn Wann (author of FAT!SO) gave an excellent overview of fat oppression. Its a good start for anyone interested in this subject. It was also a sort of "call to arms" about this discipline of study. Although the very first essay did did start off with a White essentialist point of view, i can tell from the table of contents that this Reader is set to dicuss the intersections of various oppression with fat oppression....so I am hopeful....ho...more
I'm sure that academics (particularly those in the Women's Studies field) will love this anthology but for the average reader it is a bit dense. There is a lot of good things going on in here, but the academic nature of the tome will put lots of people off. Bottom line is that the average person interested in issues of fat in society will find Shapely Prose or Kate Harding's book "Lessons from the Fatosphere" far more accessible.
I didn't read every chapter in this, I focused on the ones relevant to the anthropology/sociology course I am planning. These changed the way I look at "obesity" and the so-called "obesity epidemic." In short, this book has introduced a whole new set of necessary scare quotes to my life, and I am grateful.
I, of course, am leaving my co-authored contribution out of this review.
Great contributions to the emerging field of fat studies, especially the work on social constructions of fat/beauty and fat activism. Personally loved Asbill's contribution.
Great contributions to the emerging field of fat studies, especially the work on social constructions of fat/beauty and fat activism. Personally loved Asbill's contribution.
it was good for the first out of the gay...but one could have dealt with more intersectionalities
Slowly making my way through this amazing anthology, savoring every page.
This book has changed my life.
i want to come back to this book at some point in the future. i got a lot out of the essays on health and queer stuff.
It took me awhile to get through this one, but it was worth it. The essays sort of reminded me of things my ex-gf would write when she was in a gender studies class in grad school. I mean that in a positive way, as she was a good writer.
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Esther D. Rothblum is professor of women's studies at San Diego State University. She is the editor or co-editor of over twenty books, including Overcoming Fear of Fat.
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