The Invisible Woman: Confronting Weight Prejudice in AmericaA member of The National Association for the Advancement of Fat Americans charges American society with discrimination against overweight women, criticizing the media and the weight-loss industry for perpetuating sexist stereotypes. Original. Tour. IP. |
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User Review - KarenIrelandPhillips - LibraryThingA little late to the party, Ms. Goodman presents a kind of primer of fat activism/liberation. She doesn't bring any great insight except her own realization of how she personally has been affected by the corporate/societal expecation of female beauty. Read full review
The invisible woman: confronting weight prejudice in America
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictGoodman, a legal secretary, makes a persuasive argument about weight prejudice: Negative generalizations about the character of the overweight woman, based on unexamined and uninformed beliefs, result ... Read full review
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Invisible Woman: Confronting Weight Prejudice in America |
| Author | W. Charisse Goodman |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Gurze Books, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0936077107, 9780936077109 |
| Length | 222 pages |
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