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'A classic that will help you face the demands of 21st century living' Stylist

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 by Susie Orbach 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.

'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



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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 *

Fat Is A Feminist Issue

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
      Published 25 February 2016
      ISBN-13 9781784753092
      978-1784753092
      ISBN-10 1784753092
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      Non Fiction Health & Wellbeing Health: Diets and nutrition

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'A classic that will help you face the demands of 21st century living' Stylist

      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 by Susie Orbach 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.

      '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



      Trade Review
      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 *

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