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Title: The Invisible Woman: Confronting Weight Prejudice in America by W. Charisse Goodman ISBN: 0936077107 Publisher: Gurze Books Pub. Date: 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
Rating: 5
Summary: Enlightening!
Comment: This book was quite a find for me. The author tells it like it is and doesn't hold back. She explains what it's like to be fat and edure the nasty remarks and terrible attitudes toward people who are socially or medically considered overweight. Even though the writing is emotionally charged, the author's research is thorough.
Rating: 5
Summary: In Regards to "An Observation"
Comment: This book was wonderful. I highly recommend it. As for the so called reviewer who titled his review "An Observation", I would like to point out one interesting fact... Every single one of the women he so rudely comments on had the pride to leave their names and information on their reviews and yet you left yours off. Gee I wonder who has more to be ashamed of.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Dirty Truth about America
Comment: This is one of the best books I've read so far that analyzes weight prejudice. Goodman does an excellent job exposing the myths and discourse about weight in the United States. It is also a good read for anyone wishing to learn more about prejudice in general, as she compares the discourse of Anti-Semitism, and German Anti-Semitism especially, to America's discourse on weight from the past several decades. There are also comparisons to other forms of prejudice as well. Anyone doubting the validity of similarities between weight prejudice and Anti-Semitism will be converted after reading this book, and I believe that is largely because Goodman is herself Jewish, and therefore intimately familiar with both forms of prejudice. She also details the common discourse used as excuses for prejudice by what she terms "weight bigots." You'll see what I mean if you read the Amazon review titled "An Observation," as this person's (undoubtedly a man's) comment is just the kind of language she refers to in her book (and I highly doubt he'd even bothered to read the book). I've read many books on culture, world religions, and prejudice, and I would say that Charisse Goodman's book definitely ranks up there with the best of them.
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Title: FAT!SO? : Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size by Marilyn Wann ISBN: 0898159954 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Bountiful Women: Large Women's Secrets for Living the Life They Desire by Bonnie Bernell, Carmen Renee Berry ISBN: 1885171471 Publisher: Wildcat Canyon Press Pub. Date: 31 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Tipping the Scales of Justice: Fighting Weight Based Discrimination by Sondra Solovay ISBN: 1573927643 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Big Fat Lies: The Truth about Your Weight and Your Health by Glenn A. Gaesser ISBN: 0936077425 Publisher: Gurze Books Pub. Date: 18 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Wake Up, I'm Fat! by Camryn Manheim ISBN: 0767903633 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 09 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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