Interpreting weight
Subtitle: the social management of fatness and thinness
By: Jeffery Sobal and Donna Maurer, editors.
Contributors: Sobal, Jeffery, 1950-; Maurer, Donna, 1961-
Series: Social problems and social issues
Publisher: Aldine de Gruyter
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Obesity -- Social aspects; Food -- Social aspects; Nutrition -- Social aspects
Description: "What is "too fat?" "Too thin"? Interpretations of body weight vary widely across and within cultures. Meeting weight expectations is a major concern for many people because failing to do so may incur dire social consequences, such as difficulty in finding a romantic partner or even in locating adequate employment."--BOOK JACKET.

"Written by sociologists, psychologists, and nutritionists, all of the chapters in Interpreting Weight focus on how people construct fatness and thinness. The contributors examine different strategies used to interpret body weight, such as negotiating weight identities, reinterpreting weight, and becoming involved in weight-related organizations.

Together, these chapters emphasize the many ways that people actively define, construct, and enact their fatness and thinness in a variety of settings and situations."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Donna Maurer and Jeffery Sobal; title: Donna Maurer and Jeffery Sobal -- Douglas Degher and Gerald Hughes; title: Donna Maurer and Jeffery Sobal -- Douglas Degher and Gerald Hughes -- Gina Cordell and Carol Rambo Ronai; title: Donna Maurer and Jeffery Sobal -- Douglas Degher and Gerald Hughes -- Gina Cordell and Carol Rambo Ronai -- Leanne Joanisse and Anthony Synnott; title: Donna Maurer and Jeffery Sobal -- Douglas Degher and Gerald Hughes -- Gina Cordell and Carol Rambo Ronai -- Leanne Joanisse and Anthony Synnott -- Gwen E. Chapman; title: Donna Maurer and Jeffery Sobal -- Douglas Degher and Gerald Hughes -- Gina Cordell and Carol Rambo Ronai -- Leanne Joanisse and Anthony Synnott -- Gwen E. Chapman -- Susan Haworth-Hoeppner; title: Donna Maurer and Jeffery Sobal -- Douglas Degher and Gerald Hughes -- Gina Cordell and Carol Rambo Ronai -- Leanne Joanisse and Anthony Synnott -- Gwen E. Chapman -- Susan Haworth-Hoeppner -- Jeffery Sobal, Caron Bove, and Barbara Rauschenbach; title: Donna Maurer and Jeffery Sobal -- Douglas Degher and Gerald Hughes -- Gina Cordell and Carol Rambo Ronai -- Leanne Joanisse and Anthony Synnott -- Gwen E. Chapman -- Susan Haworth-Hoeppner -- Jeffery Sobal, Caron Bove, and Barbara Rauschenbach -- Rebecca J. Lester; title: Donna Maurer and Jeffery Sobal -- Douglas Degher and Gerald Hughes -- Gina Cordell and Carol Rambo Ronai -- Leanne Joanisse and Anthony Synnott -- Gwen E. Chapman -- Susan Haworth-Hoeppner -- Jeffery Sobal, Caron Bove, and Barbara Rauschenbach -- Rebecca J. Lester -- Karen Honeycutt; title: Donna Maurer and Jeffery Sobal -- Douglas Degher and Gerald Hughes -- Gina Cordell and Carol Rambo Ronai -- Leanne Joanisse and Anthony Synnott -- Gwen E. Chapman -- Susan Haworth-Hoeppner -- Jeffery Sobal, Caron Bove, and Barbara Rauschenbach -- Rebecca J. Lester -- Karen Honeycutt -- Elizabeth Ransom; title: Donna Maurer and Jeffery Sobal -- Douglas Degher and Gerald Hughes -- Gina Cordell and Carol Rambo Ronai -- Leanne Joanisse and Anthony Synnott -- Gwen E. Chapman -- Susan Haworth-Hoeppner -- Jeffery Sobal, Caron Bove, and Barbara Rauschenbach -- Rebecca J. Lester -- Karen Honeycutt -- Elizabeth Ransom -- Thomas F. Cash and Robin E. Roy; title: Donna Maurer and Jeffery Sobal-- Douglas Degher and Gerald Hughes-- Gina Cordell and Carol Rambo Ronai-- Leanne Joanisse and Anthony Synnott-- Gwen E. Chapman-- Susan Haworth-Hoeppner-- Jeffery Sobal, Caron Bove, and Barbara Rauschenbach-- Rebecca J. Lester-- Karen Honeycutt-- Elizabeth Ransom-- Thomas F. Cash and Robin E. Roy-- Jeanine C. Cogan.