Fat Is A Feminist Issue
Published on 25. February 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-78475-309-2 (ISBN)
Description
'A classic that will help you face the demands of 21st century living' Stylist
'Revolutionary' The Times
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Susie Orbach's seminal work, now established as a worldwide classic, shows how fat is not about food, but rather about politics, defiance, protection, sex, strength, assertion, anger, love.
This edition includes a new introduction that explores how the landscape of bodies and food has shifted in our online age, bringing this iconic book to a new generation of readers.
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'Groundbreaking in 1978, Orbach's original exploration of the body fascism of diets and body obsession is even more relevant today' Guardian
'A pioneering feminist text' Vice
'Revolutionary' The Times
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Susie Orbach's seminal work, now established as a worldwide classic, shows how fat is not about food, but rather about politics, defiance, protection, sex, strength, assertion, anger, love.
This edition includes a new introduction that explores how the landscape of bodies and food has shifted in our online age, bringing this iconic book to a new generation of readers.
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'Groundbreaking in 1978, Orbach's original exploration of the body fascism of diets and body obsession is even more relevant today' Guardian
'A pioneering feminist text' Vice
Reviews / Votes
Virtually all feminist debate on body image and beauty imagery owes its existence to Susie Orbach's enduring formulation Susie Orbach's pioneering work isn't just the first to expose the links between sexual politics and female dieting; it remains the classic work on the subject ... it is more essential than ever that Fat is a Feminist Issue be read by every woman [Orbach's] pungent psychoanalytic insights and plain good sense ensure that this is still the sharpest, and best bible for the food junkie * The Independent *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
279 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78475-309-2 (9781784753092)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Susie Orbach
Fat Is A Feminist Issue
E-Book
08/2010
1st Edition
Cornerstone Digital
€9.99
Available for download
Person
Susie Orbach is a psychotherapist, writer and co-founder of The Women's Therapy Centre in London and The Women's Therapy Centre in New York. Her books include Hunger Strike, What's Really Going on Here?, Towards Emotional Literacy, Susie Orbach On Eating and The Impossibility of Sex. She lectures widely in the UK, Europe and North America, has written for several magazines and newspapers, and has provided consultation advice for organisations from the NHS to the World Bank. She continues to help many individuals and couples from her practice in London. She is also a visiting Professor at the London School of Economics.