{"product_id":"such-a-pretty-face-marcia-millman-9780393331066","title":"Such a Pretty Face: Being Fat in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eYet, despite this obsession with weight control, there is little serious discussion of the deeper meaning of obesity. In a way, obesity is as powerful a taboo as sexuality was for the Victorians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book argues that the effort to lose weight should be secondary to an understanding of the mythology of fat. Being fat is seen as much more than a physical condition. Fat women are stereotypically viewed as unfeminine, either in flight from sexuality or sexual in some forbidden way, intentionally antisocial, out of control, hostile, aggressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing case studies, moving, sometimes painful, autobiographical accounts, and observing such organizations as a fat rights society, Overeaters Anonymous, and a children's diet camp, Marcia Millman reveals how people live with the burden of these stereotypes and explores the truth or falsity of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book proves the humanness, the defiance, vulnerability, self-doubt, courage, and even the beauty of those who violate our arbitrary standards of physical beauty. It sees them as whole people, to whom attention must be paid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcia Millman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393331067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393331066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d","brand":"Marcia Millman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086553657599,"sku":"9780393331066","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9541dab2-cd24-47fd-a28e-b27dadb3d4f7.jpg?v=1769095338","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/such-a-pretty-face-marcia-millman-9780393331066","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}