Watching our weights: the contradictions of televising fatness in the "obesity epidemic"
Auteur :
Zimdars, Melissa
Éditeur :
Rutgers University Press
ISBN :
9780813593548
Date de publication :
7 févr. 2019
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
283 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores the competing and contradictory fat representations on television that are related to weight-loss and health, medicalization and disease, and body positivity and fat acceptance. Watching Our Weights establishes both how television shapes our knowledge of fatness and how fatness helps us better understand contemporary television.