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Fat Blame: How the War on Obesity Victimizes Women and Children (Cultureamerica)
April Michelle Herndon
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Description for Fat Blame: How the War on Obesity Victimizes Women and Children (Cultureamerica)
Hardcover. Looking through the prisms of gender, race, and class, Herndon traces how the gospel of personal responsibility permeates American thinking about fatness and in the process often victimizes women and children. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: MMZF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
A four year old Mexican American girl is taken away from her parents because she is obese and experiencing health problems related to her weight. Such a measure, once seen as extreme, quickly comes to be seen as a logical means of addressing a problem viewed as nothing short of child abuse. And yet, for all the purported concern for these children’s welfare, little if any mention is ever made of the psychological ramifications of removing children from their families. They are simply the latest victims of the war on obesity - a war declared on a “disease” but conducted, ... Read more
A four year old Mexican American girl is taken away from her parents because she is obese and experiencing health problems related to her weight. Such a measure, once seen as extreme, quickly comes to be seen as a logical means of addressing a problem viewed as nothing short of child abuse. And yet, for all the purported concern for these children’s welfare, little if any mention is ever made of the psychological ramifications of removing children from their families. They are simply the latest victims of the war on obesity - a war declared on a “disease” but conducted, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700619658
SKU
V9780700619658
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About April Michelle Herndon
April Michelle Herndon is associate professor of English at Winona State University in Minnesota. She also teaches Women’s and Gender Studies courses. She is also a health writer at "Psychologytoday.com".
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