Fat Studies, Volume 1, Issue 2 (2012)

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Miscellany

Thanks to Reviewers
Esther D. Rothblum
Page: 139
Published online: 08 Jun 2012
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Articles

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“Tuck in Yuh Belly”: Imperatives of Female Slenderness in Jamaican Dancehall Music
Andrea E. Shaw
Pages: 140-152
Published online: 08 Jun 2012
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Fat Bodies in Thin Books: Information Bias and Body Image in Academic Libraries
Katelyn Angell & Charlotte Price
Pages: 153-165
Published online: 08 Jun 2012
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Confronting Weight Discrimination in Germany—The Foundation of a Fat Acceptance Organization
Stephanie von Liebenstein
Pages: 166-179
Published online: 08 Jun 2012
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Teaching Fat Studies: From Conception to Reception
Patti Lou Watkins, Amy E. Farrell & Andrea Doyle Hugmeyer
Pages: 180-194
Published online: 08 Jun 2012
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Whose Voice Counts? A Critical Examination of Discourses Surrounding the Body Mass Index
Jenn Anderson
Pages: 195-207
Published online: 08 Jun 2012
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“The Bigger, the Better”: Challenges in Portraying a Positive Fat Character in Weeds
Johnanna J. Ganz
Pages: 208-221
Published online: 08 Jun 2012
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Film Reviews

Book Review
Nothing to Lose: Fat Activists Speak Out
Reviews of Nothing to Lose [DVD Documentary] and Nothing to Lose [Videotaped Performance by Fat Lip Reader's Theatre]
Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources, 2006. 18 min. $145.00 (institutional price); $39.95 (individual price). www.der.org. New Almoden, CA: Wolfe Video, 1989. 30 min. Used copies available on Amazon.com and ebay.com, from $22.00.
Joan C. Chrisler & Elyse R. Lebel
Pages: 222-225
Published online: 08 Jun 2012
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Searching for a Usable Past
Reviews of Eating to Excess: The Meaning of Gluttony and the Fat Body in the Ancient World, by Susan Hill
Historicizing Fat in Anglo-American Culture, by Elena Levy-Navarro
Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2011. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 2010.
Amy Erdman Farrell
Pages: 226-229
Published online: 08 Jun 2012
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Historicizing Fat in Anglo-American Culture, by Elena Levy-Navarro | Full Text | References | PDF (65.5 KB)
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