"Kwan and Graves were successful in challenging conventional beliefs about fat bodies. In so doing, they highlighted weight discrimination as a significant problem worthy of attention, as fat continues to be moralized, medicalized, and politicized. Framing Fat would be of interest not only to researchers and educators with interests in fatness and obesity, but also those with interests in the media, public health, food policy, and social justice more generally. If you seek to better understand contradictory claims in the contested field of fat, then pick
up this book today."
~Sex Roles
"This well-written, engaging work takes a refreshing and intriguing approach of frame analysis and also offers a refreshing examination of key stakeholders in the obesity debates."
~Shari Dworkin, University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing
"Provocative, progressive, and timely, Framing Fat explores cultural discourses about the fat body, challenging prejudice and convention and providing a compelling argument for re-framing fat stigma as the real problem."
~Linda Bacon, PhD, author of Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
"An important addition to the fat studies and critical obesity literatures. Framing Fat clearly maps the political, ideological, and rhetorical positions of key stakeholders in the battle to determine what fatness means, making it highly useful for those trying to get their bearings in the field as well as those planning the next steps in the fight."
~Fat Studies
"Framing Fat is at once a compelling scholarly argument and a compelling read. Its methodology and its building on earlier work make it a model for using frame theory in cultural discourse analysis and an important addition specifically to the field of Fat Studies."
~Journal of American Culture
