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Taking Up Space

by Pattie Thomas

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Through narrative text, poetry, essays, photos and drawings, this sociological memoir is about being fat and the physical, emotional and economic costs of trying to pass for thin in a culture that stigmatizes fat people.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781597190022
With:
Wilkerson, Carl
Foreword:
Campos, Paul
With:
Wilkerson, Carl
Foreword:
Campos, Paul
Author:
Thomas, Pattie
Publisher:
Pearlsong Press,
Subject:
Weight Loss
Subject:
Obesity
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Popular Culture - General
Subject:
Consumer Behavior - General
Subject:
Weight loss -- United States.
Subject:
Obesity -- United States.
Publication Date:
September 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
388
Dimensions:
9.00x6.00x.86 in. 1.25 lbs.
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