Such a Pretty Face: Being Fat in America
- ISBN-10
- 0393013170
- ISBN-13
- 9780393013177
- Series
- Such a Pretty Face
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Pages
- 252
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980-01-01
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Author
- Marcia Millman
Description
A sociologist uses case studies and autobiographical accounts to explore stereotypes about fat people in America and to reveal how individuals cope with the burden of these stereotypes in a fat-obsessed society
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