Fat Fashion : The Thin Ideal and the Segregation of Plus-Size Bodies (Paperback)

List of Illustrations 1. Introduction 2. Regular bodies and overweight bodies The body in contemporary sociological theory and cultural studies Dress and the body 3. The ideal of thinness Birth and diffusion of the ideal of thinness in the twentieth century Sources of the thin ideal: lifestyles, fashion, media The practice of fashion and inertia of the thin ideal 4. The sizing system Origin and reasons for the sizing system Main characteristics of national sizing systems today 5. Segregation of the plus-size Mass production Fashion design The retail system Fashion communication 6. Perspectives Bibliography Index