Watching our weights : the contradictions of televising fatness in the "obesity epidemic" /

Watching Our Weights explores the competing and contradictory fat representations on television that are related to weight-loss and health, medicalization and disease, and body positivity and fat acceptance. Melissa Zimdars establishes how television shapes our knowledge of fatness and how fatness h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zimdars, Melissa, 1985- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Obesity on television.
Television > Social aspects > United States.
Obesity > Social aspects.
Obésité à la télévision.
Télévision > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Obésité > Aspect social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Television > Social aspects.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Watching Our Weights explores the competing and contradictory fat representations on television that are related to weight-loss and health, medicalization and disease, and body positivity and fat acceptance. Melissa Zimdars establishes how television shapes our knowledge of fatness and how fatness helps us better understand contemporary television.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 187 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-180) and index.
ISBN:9780813593562
0813593565
9780813593586
0813593581

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