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Body Image Bibliography

Beller, Anne Scott. Fat and Thin: A Natural History of Obesity New York: Farrar Strauss and Giroux, 1977.

Brown, Laura, PhD, and Rothblum, Esther, PhD, Eds. Overcoming Fear of Fat New York: Harrington Park Press, 1989.

Bruno, Barbara, PhD. Worth Your Weight: What you can do about a weight problem. Bethel, CT, Rutledge Books, 1996.

Chapkis, Wendy. Beauty Secrets: Women and the Politics of Appearance Boston: Southend Press, 1986.

Chernin, Kim. The Obsession: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness New York: Harper & Row, 1981.

DuCoffe, Jean and Cohen, Sherry Suib. Making it Big: A guide to health, success, and beauty for the woman size 16 and over New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980.

Edison, Laurie Toby, and Notkin, Debbie Women En Large: Images of Fat Nudes San Francisco: Books in Focus, 1994 [Photograpy and text]

Erdman, Cheri, EdD. Nothing to Lose: A Guide to Sane Living in a Larger Body San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995.

Freedman, Rita. Beauty Bound: Why we pursue the myth in the mirror Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1986.

Freedman, Rita, PhD. Body Love: Learning to Like Our Looks and Ourselves New York: Harper & Row, 1988.

Garrison, Terry Nicholetti. Fed Up! A Woman's Guide to Freedom from the Diet/Weight Prison New York: Carroll and Graff, 1993.

Goodman, W. Charisse. The Invisible Woman: Confronting Weight Prejudice in America Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books, 1995.

Hall, Lindsey. Full Lives: Women Who Have Freed Themselves from Food and Weight Obsession Gurze Books, 1995.

Harper, Ann, and Lewis, Glenn. The Big Beauty Book: glamour for the fuller-figure woman New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1982.

Hatfield, Elaine, and Sprecher, Susan. Mirror, Mirror: The Importance of looks in Everyday Life Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1986.

Hayes, Dayle. Body Trust [Video]. 1-800-321-9499.

Higgs, Liz Curtis. One Size Fits All...And Other Fables Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993.

Hillman, Carolynn, CSW. Love Your Looks: How to Stop Criticizing and Start Appreciating Your Appearance. New York: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1996.

Hirschmann, Jane and Munter, Carol. When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself from Food and Weight Obsession New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1995.

Hutchinson, Marcia Germaine. Transforming Body Image: Learning to love the body you have Trumansburg, NY: The Crossing Press, 1985.

Johnson, Carol A. Self-Esteem Comes in All Sizes: How to be Happy and Healthy at Your Natural Weight New York: Doubleday, 1995.

Johnston, Joni E., PsyD. Appearance Obsession: learning to love the way you look Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 1994.

Kaplan, Jane Rachel, Ed. A Woman's Conflict: The Special Relationship Between Women and Food Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1980.

Lakoff, Robin Tolmach, and Scherr, Raquel L. Face Value: The Politics of Beauty Boston: Routledge and Kegan, Paul, 1984.

Lambert, Leslie. Fat Like Me Ladies' Home Journal, May 1993.

Lawrence, Marilyn, Ed. Fed Up and Hungry: Women, Oppression and Food New York: P. Bedrick Books, 1987.

Marano, Hara Estroff. Style is Not a Size Bantam, 1991.

Mayer, Ken. Real Women Don't Diet Bartleby Press, 1993.

NAAFA, Inc. The NAAFA Workbook: A Complete Study Guide Sacramento: NAAFA, Inc., 1995.

Newman, Leslea. SomeBody to Love: A Guide to Loving the Body You Have Chicago: Third Side Press, 1991.

Olds, Ruthanne. Big & Beautiful Acropolis, 1982.

Perutz, Kathryn. Beyond the Looking Glass: America's Beauty Culture New York: William Morrow & Co., 1970.

Reed, Kit. Fat Bobbs-Merrill, 1974.

Roberts, Nancy. Breaking All the Rules New York: Viking Press, 1985.

Rose, Laura. Life Is Not Weighed on the Bathroom Scale: Don't Be a Victim of the Thinness Conspiracy Waco, Texas: WRS Publishing, 1994.

Sanford, Linda Tschirhart, and Donovan, Mary Ellen. Women and Self-Esteem: Understanding and Improving the Way We Think and Feel About Ourselves Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1984.

Schoenfelder, Lisa, and Wieser, Barb, Eds. Shadow on a Tightrope, Writings by Women on Fat Oppression Iowa City: Aunt Lute Book Co., 1983.

Schroeder, Charles Roy. Fat is not a Four-letter Word Chronimed, 1992.

Schwartz, Hillel. Never Satisfied: A Cultural History of Diets, Fantasies, and Fat New York: Free Press, 1986.

Seid, Roberta Pollack, PhD. Never Too Thin: Why Women are at War with their Bodies New York: Prentice Hall, 1989.

Seligman, Martin E. P., Phd. What You Can Change...And What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement New York: Fawcett-Columbine, 1993.

Shaw, Carole. Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are! ARR, 1982.

Stinson, Susan. Belly Songs: In Celebration of Fat Women Orogeny Press, 1993. [Poetry]

Stinson, Susan. Fat Girl Dances with Rocks Spinsters Ink, 1994. [Novel]

Stinson, Susan. Martha Moody Spinsters Ink, 1995. [Novel]

Sward, Sharon, LPC. You are more than what you weigh: Handbook: improving your self-esteem no matter what your weight Wholesome Publishers, 1231 S. Parker Rd., #102, Denver, CO, 1995.

Thelen, Marilyn. Sew Big Palmer/Pletsch, 1980.

Whitfield, Van. There's Something Wrong With Your Scale [novel] New York: Doubleday, 1999.

Wiley, Carol, Ed. Journeys to Self-Acceptance: Fat Women Speak The Crossing Press, 1994.

Wolf, Naomi. The Beauty Myth: How images of beauty are used against women New York: Anchor Books, 1991.

Zakowich, Rick. Fat Chance National Film Board of Canada, 1993 [Documentary]

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