{"product_id":"fashioning-fat-amanda-m-czerniawski-9780814789186","title":"Fashioning Fat: Inside Plus-Size Modeling","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor two and a half years, Amanda Czerniawski was a\u003cbr\u003esociologist turned plus-size model. Journeying into a world where, as a size\u003cbr\u003e10, she was not considered an average body type, but rather, for the fashion\u003cbr\u003eindustry, \"plus-sized,\" Czerniawski studied the standards of work and image\u003cbr\u003eproduction in the plus-sized model industry.\u003cbr\u003eFashioning Fat takes us through a model's day-to-day activities, \u003cbr\u003efirst at open calls at modeling agencies and then through the fashion shows and\u003cbr\u003ephoto shoots. Czerniawski also interviewed 35 plus-size models about their\u003cbr\u003elives in the world of fashion, bringing to life the strange contradictions of\u003cbr\u003ebeing an object of non-idealized beauty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFashioning Fat shows\u003cbr\u003eus that the mission of many of these models is to challenge our standards of\u003cbr\u003ebeauty that privilege the thin body; they show us that fat can be sexy. Many plus-size\u003cbr\u003emodels do often succeed in overcoming years of self-loathing and shame over\u003cbr\u003etheir bodies, yet, as Czerniawski shows, these women are not the ones in charge\u003cbr\u003eof beauty's construction or dissemination. At the corporate level, the fashion\u003cbr\u003eindustry perpetuates their objectification. Plus-size models must conform to an\u003cbr\u003eimage created by fashion's tastemakers, as their bodies must fit within\u003cbr\u003enarrowly defined parameters of size and shape--an experience not too different\u003cbr\u003efrom that of straight-sized models. Ultimately, plus-size models find that they\u003cbr\u003eare still molding their bodies to fit an image instead of molding an image of\u003cbr\u003ebeauty to fit their bodies. A much-needed behind-the-scenes look at this\u003cbr\u003egrowing industry, Fashioning Fat is a\u003cbr\u003efascinating, unique, and important contribution to our understanding of beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amanda M. Czerniawski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814789188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814789186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.81h x 6.94w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2014 pg. 96","brand":"Amanda M. Czerniawski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526209294591,"sku":"9780814789186","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e8dffc26-6ca5-40c0-9c5a-6d5fb2b345a5.jpg?v=1737555507","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fashioning-fat-amanda-m-czerniawski-9780814789186","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}