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Fearing the Black Body
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© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. PART I: THE BEAUTY OF THE ROBUST
  5. 1. Being Venus 15
  6. 2. Plump Women and Thin, Fine Men 42
  7. PART II: RACE, WEIGHT, GOD AND COUNTRY
  8. 3. The Rise of the Big Black Woman 67
  9. 4. Birth of the Ascetic Aesthetic 99
  10. 5. American Beauty 122
  11. 6. Thinness as American Exceptionalism 147
  12. PART III: DOCTORS WEIGH IN
  13. 7. Good Health to Uplift the Race 169
  14. 8. Fat, Revisited 187
  15. Acknowledgments 213
  16. Notes 215
  17. Selected Bibliography 245
  18. Index 257
  19. About the Author 283
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479891788.003.0004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. PART I: THE BEAUTY OF THE ROBUST
  5. 1. Being Venus 15
  6. 2. Plump Women and Thin, Fine Men 42
  7. PART II: RACE, WEIGHT, GOD AND COUNTRY
  8. 3. The Rise of the Big Black Woman 67
  9. 4. Birth of the Ascetic Aesthetic 99
  10. 5. American Beauty 122
  11. 6. Thinness as American Exceptionalism 147
  12. PART III: DOCTORS WEIGH IN
  13. 7. Good Health to Uplift the Race 169
  14. 8. Fat, Revisited 187
  15. Acknowledgments 213
  16. Notes 215
  17. Selected Bibliography 245
  18. Index 257
  19. About the Author 283
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