Never Too Thin
Subtitle: Why Women Are at War With Their Bodies
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Copyright date: 1989
First sentence: The quest for a fit, fat-free body has become an American obsession.
Table of contents: title: I: OUR PECULIAR OBSESSION: NEVER TOO THIN; label: 1
title: The New American Creed: I Watch My Weight, Eat Right, and Exercise
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: The New American Creed Re-examined: Too Close to the Bone
pagenum: 20; title: II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MYTH; label: 3
title: When Thin Wasn't In: A Selective Overview of Fashion and Beauty, Antiquity to 1830
pagenum: 37; label: 4
title: Thin and Fat: America 1830-1900
pagenum: 60; label: 5
title: The Thin Preference Begins: 1900-1947
pagenum: 81; label: 6
title: Preference Becomes Prejudice: The War on Fat Begins, 1950-1960
pagenum: 103; label: 7
title: Prejudice Becomes Myth: 1960-1970
pagenum: 137; title: III: MYTH BECOMES OBSESSION: 1970-1980; label: 8
title: The Health/Exercise Ethic Emerges
pagenum: 165; label: 9
title: The Rise of Food Fetishism
pagenum: 187; label: 10
title: Her Body Must Be Thin, Firm, and Beautiful
pagenum: 211; title: IV: THE OBSESSION AND BEYOND; label: 11
title: Obsession Becomes Religion: The Fitness Epidemic
pagenum: 235; label: 12
title: Why Thin Is Never Thin Enough
pagenum: 257; label: 13
title: The Prejudice Exposed
pagenum: 279; label: 14
title: A Look to the Future: The Golden Mean Restored?
pagenum: 304; label: Notes
title: 317; label: Index
title: 365