Fat: The Anthropology of an Obsession

260 Pages·2005·12.98 MB·English

by  Don Kulick and Anne Meneley (eds.)

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THE ANTHROPOLOGY
OF AN OBSESSION
Edited by Don Kulick and Anne Meneley
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CONTENTS
DonKulick andAnneMeneley
RebeccaPopenoe
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29
AnneMeneley
45
Mari/ WeismanZd
Joan Gross
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77
DDoonnKKuulliicckk
93
LLeennaa GGeemmzzoo*e
109
FannnnyyAAmmbbjjoornmsson
Leaky
121
Do?iKulick and ThaisMachado-Borges
139
JillianR. Cavanaugh
Margaret Willson
Chaos
169
Mar/c Graham
185
Jn/iaHarrison
Chasers
199
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211
AllysonMitchell
Notes 227
Acknowledgments 237
Contributors 239
About the Editors 243
Credits 245