Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture
Fat Shame examines the stigma surrounding fatness and the cultural meanings attached to the fat body in the United States. Amy Erdman Farrell offers a focused study of how American culture shapes perceptions of weight, identity, shame, and social belonging.
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Fat Shame explores the stigma associated with fatness in American culture.
The book focuses on the fat body as a subject shaped by social attitudes, cultural expectations, and public judgment.
It considers how shame operates within broader ideas about weight, identity, and belonging.
Written by Amy Erdman Farrell, this work offers a focused cultural examination of fatness and its representation in the United States.
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