| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
media, medicine, and morals in the American "obesity epidemic" |
| Author: |
BoeroNatalie, 1974- |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
New Brunswick, N.J. |
| Published: |
Rutgers University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
c2012 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (192 p.). |
| Subject: |
Body image - |
| Subject: |
Health in mass media - |
| Subject: |
Obesity - Psychological aspects - United States - |
| Subject: |
Obesity - Social aspects - United States - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813553726/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: |
9780813553726electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0813553725electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9780813553719hbk. |
| ISBN: |
0813553717hbk. |
| Content Note: |
Introduction -- Obesity as a "leading health indicator": public health, moral entrepreneurs, and a confluence of interests -- All the news that's fat to print: the American "obesity epidemic" and the media -- Normative pathology and unique disease: Weight Watchers, Overeaters Anonymous, and behavioral treatments for the obesity epidemic -- Bypassing blame: bariatric surgery, normative femininity, and the case of biomedical failure -- Conclusion: health at every size or thin at any price? |