Fat¿A Fate Worse Than Death? : Women, Weight, and Appearance.
Despite the gains of the women's movement, women are still judged by what they look like--and men, by what they do. Fat--A Fate Worse Than Death? offers hardy resistance to the narrow, random, and irrational appearance standards set for American women through an approach that is personal, eclec...
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Taylor and Francis,
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface: The Beginning of a Journey; SECTION I: MY OWN TRUTHS; Chapter 1. Welcome to the World Beyond Size 10; Chapter 2. Doubt: Whistling in the Dark; Chapter 3. For You, Jane, Too Late?; Chapter 4. Who Do I See in Another's Eyes?; Chapter 5. Tucking in My Blouse; Chapter 6. There's Good Work Out There: What Others Are Saying; Chapter 7. I See My Insides/You See My Outsides; Chapter 8. The Lifelong Diet; Chapter 9. What's Funny About Fat?; Chapter 10. Does ""Old and Fat"" Mean I've Given Up?; Chapter 11. This Body I Live In.
- SECTION II: WHAT THE OUTSIDE WORLD BELIEVESChapter 12. I Am Not Your Punching Bag!; Chapter 13. Is Ugly True?; Chapter 14. Screaming in the Face of the World, or What Does Acceptance Look Like?; Chapter 15. Help! The Avalanche Roars Down on Us; Chapter 16. The Birds; Chapter 17. Why Do I Feel Like a Bull's Eye?; Chapter 18. Weight Watchers: How They Want Us Back!; Chapter 19. Don't Raise Your Head-They're Still Shooting!; SECTION III: TIME TO MOVE ON; Chapter 20. Love Letters; Chapter 21. Raw Courage in the Face of Horror Stories; Chapter 22. Breaking Free; Chapter 23. Trudging Through.
- Chapter 24. Fighting BackChapter 25. Images of Ourselves-Good and Awful; Chapter 26. Steps to Freedom; Epilogue: 100-Plus Ways to Fight Ageism, Looksism, Sexism, Racism, Fatism; Index.