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Author: Natalie Boero
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.269kg
ISBN: 9780813564852
ISBN 10: 0813564859
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 12 August 2013
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Boero . . . deals with an accusation of the media for the spread and perpetuation of the 'obesity panic,' . . . the role of medical intervention, especially bariatric surgery, for obese individuals, and of government activities in harnessing this 'postmodern epidemic' and in the now open warfare against obesity waged by public health officials. Recommended. - Choice This is a timely and thoughtful book. It clearly reveals the disconnect between public pronouncements on obesity and what a great many fat people experience in their own lives. - The Journal of American Culture
Killer Fat is a significant contribution to the project of skepticism about the so-called 'obesity' epidemic and a compassionate exploration of the burdens it imposes on individuals' lives. --Marilyn Wann author of FAT!SO? (03/15/2013)
This is a timely and thoughtful book. It clearly reveals the disconnect between public pronouncements on obesity and what a great many fat people experience in their own lives. --The Journal of American Culture [Boero] deals with an accusation of the media for the spread and perpetuation of the 'obesity panic, ' ... the role of medical intervention, especially bariatric surgery, for obese individuals, and of government activites in harnessing this 'postmodern epidemic' and in the now open warfare against obesity waged by public health officials. Recommended. --Choice Boero's analysis provides an insightful perspective on the framing of the obesity epidemic. Her book is an engaging and fascinating read, as well as a vital contribution to medical sociology. --Jennifer Fosket McGill University This book is both an enjoyable read and incredibly informative. Written in a style that is both authoritative and accessible, Natalie Boero's Killer Fat is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the so-called 'Obesity Epidemic.' --Kjerstin Gruys author of Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall Killer Fat is a significant contribution to the project of skepticism about the so-called 'obesity' epidemic and a compassionate exploration of the burdens it imposes on individuals' lives. --Marilyn Wann author of FAT!SO? Boero weighs in powerfully for healthy sanity in the 'war against obesity.' Killer Fat clarifies complex science, punitive clinical care, and the relentless screech of the media with aplomb. Brava! --Adele E. Clarke UC San Francisco
Killer Fat is a significant contribution to the project of skepticism about the so-called 'obesity' epidemic and a compassionate exploration of the burdens it imposes on individuals' lives. <br>--Marilyn Wann author of FAT!SO? (03/15/2013)
Author Information
NATALIE BOERO is an associate professor of sociology at San Jose State University. She is the author of “Bypassing Blame: Bariatric Surgery and the Case of Biomedical Failure” in Biomedicalization: Technoscience, Health, and Illness in U.S. Biomedicine and “Fat Kids, Working Moms, and the ‘Epidemic of Obesity’: Race, Class, and Mother-Blame,” in The Fat Studies Reader.
