The Promised Body: Diet Culture, the Fat Subject, and Ambivalence as Resistance
Since the turn of the twentieth century, middle-class Americans have considered the thin body--ostensibly the result of self-control and self-discipline--a moral imperative and a symbol of good citizenship. In this thesis, I provide a critical perspective on fat studies by examining the ways in whic...
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Scholar Commons
2018
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| Online Access: | https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7614 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8811&context=etd |