Such a Pretty Face: Being Fat in America

By Marcia Millman

Book Overview

Yet, despite this obsession with weight control, there is little serious discussion of the deeper meaning of obesity. In a way, obesity is as powerful a taboo as sexuality was for the Victorians. This... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393013170
• ISBN13: 9780393013177
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.6" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

this book permits fatties to see how their fellows feel

When I read this book, I could see how othr people who are fat get that way and why they stay that way. It made me excited to know that there are women who feel their fat is an integral part of their lives as people and women. It was especially helpful to see pictures of some of the people written about -- to see just how fat they are -- and to know that they often lead lives of happiness and sexiness.