Fat Studies, Volume 2, Issue 2 (2013)

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Visual Representations of Fat and Fatness

Book Reviews

Book Review
Thanks to Reviewers
Esther D. Rothblum
Page: 113
Published online: 22 May 2013
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Introduction to the Special Issue: Visual Representations of Fat and Fatness
Stefanie Snider
Pages: 114-117
Published online: 22 May 2013
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Drawing on Burlesque: Excessive Display and Fat Desire in the Work of Cristina Vela
Jamie Ratliff
Pages: 118-131
Published online: 22 May 2013
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It Gets Fatter: Graphic Fatness and Resilient Eating in Mariko and Jillian Tamaki's Skim
Marty Fink
Pages: 132-146
Published online: 22 May 2013
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As Big as a House: Representations of the Extremely Fat Woman and the Home
Caroline Narby & Katherine Phelps
Pages: 147-159
Published online: 22 May 2013
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Toward a New Relationality: Digital Photography, Shame, and the Fat Subject
Majida Kargbo
Pages: 160-172
Published online: 22 May 2013
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Paul Blart and the Decline of White Working-Class Masculinities
Barbara Plotz
Pages: 173-182
Published online: 22 May 2013
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Food and Fashion: Exploring Fat Female Identity in Drop Dead Diva
Emily J. H. Contois
Pages: 183-196
Published online: 22 May 2013
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Stocky Bodies: Fat Visual Activism
Lauren Gurrieri
Pages: 197-209
Published online: 22 May 2013
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Book Reviews

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On Fat Agency, Activism, and Academia
Reviews of Fat: The Owner's Manual: Navigating a Thin-Obsessed World with your Health, Happiness, and Self-Esteem Intact, by Ragen Chastain and Talking Fat: Health Vs. Persuasion in the War on our Bodies, by Lonie McMichael
Austin, TX: Sized for Success Multimedia, 2012. Nashville, TN: Pearlsong Press, 2012.
Megan Dean
Pages: 210-215
Published online: 22 May 2013
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Film Reviews

Book Review
Fat Acceptance on Film Reviews of The Fat Body (In)visible [Documentary] and The Size of It [Documentary]
Kristjansson, M. (Director), 2011, 24 min. Available from Women Make Movies, for $195 (Universities, Colleges, & Institutions), $89 (K-12, Public Libraries, Special Groups), and $24.95 (Home Video). Robertson, D. (Director), 2001, 30 min. Available from Film Makers Library, for $99.
Patti Lou Watkins & Marie Rochat
Pages: 216-219
Published online: 22 May 2013
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