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Fat blame : how the war on obesity victimizes women and children / April Michelle Herndon.
"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.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 203 pages) : illustrations
- Publisher: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:march.23 CatMonthString:january.23 Multi-User. CatMonthString:may.24 |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-194) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The mother of all wars -- 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 -- A cramped room. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Information Relating to Copyright Status: | All rights reserved. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by American Council of Learned Societies. |
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