000717780 000__ 02900cam\a2200361\i\4500 000717780 001__ 717780 000717780 005__ 20210515102531.0 000717780 008__ 140825s2015\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000717780 010__ $$a 2014024588 000717780 019__ $$a876883354 000717780 020__ $$a9780814770399$$qhardback$$qalkaline paper 000717780 020__ $$a0814770398$$qhardback$$qalkaline paper 000717780 020__ $$a9780814789186$$qpaperback$$qalkaline paper 000717780 020__ $$a0814789188$$qpaperback$$qalkaline paper 000717780 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn876883296 000717780 035__ $$a717780 000717780 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dYDXCP$$dBTCTA$$dBDX$$dUKMGB$$dOCLCF$$dCDX$$dBKL 000717780 042__ $$apcc 000717780 049__ $$aISEA 000717780 05000 $$aHD9940.A2$$bC94 2015 000717780 08200 $$a746.9/2082$$223 000717780 1001_ $$aCzerniawski, Amanda M.,$$eauthor. 000717780 24510 $$aFashioning fat :$$binside plus-size modeling /$$cAmanda M. Czerniawski. 000717780 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bNew York University Press,$$c[2015] 000717780 300__ $$ax, 205 pages :$$billustrations ;$$c24 cm 000717780 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000717780 337__ $$aunmediated$$2rdamedia 000717780 338__ $$avolume$$2rdacarrier 000717780 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000717780 520__ $$a"For two and a half years, Amanda Czerniawski was a sociologist turned plus-size model. Journeying into a world where, as a size 10, she was not considered an average body type, but rather, for the fashion industry, "plus-sized," Czerniawski studied the standards of work and image production in the plus-sized model industry. Fashioning Fat takes us through a model's day-to-day activities, first at open calls at modeling agencies and then through the fashion shows and photo shoots. Czerniawski also interviewed 35 plus-size models about their lives in the world of fashion, bringing to life the strange contradictions of being an object of non-idealized beauty. Fashioning Fat shows us that the mission of many of these models is to challenge our standards of beauty that privilege the thin body; they show us that fat can be sexy. Many plus-size models do often succeed in overcoming years of self-loathing and shame over their bodies, yet, as Czerniawski shows, these women are not the ones in charge of beauty's construction or dissemination. At the corporate level, the fashion industry perpetuates their objectification. Plus-size models must conform to an image created by fashion's tastemakers, as their bodies must fit within narrowly defined parameters of size and shape--an experience not too different from that of straight-sized models. Ultimately, plus-size models find that they are still molding their bodies to fit an image instead of molding an image of beauty to fit their bodies. A much-needed behind-the-scenes look at this growing industry, Fashioning Fat is a fascinating, unique, and important contribution to our understanding of beauty"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000717780 650_0 $$aPlus-size women's clothing industry. 000717780 650_0 $$aSelf-esteem in women. 000717780 650_0 $$aBody image. 000717780 85200 $$bgen$$hHD9940.A2$$iC94$$i2015 000717780 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:717780$$pGLOBAL_SET 000717780 980__ $$aBIB 000717780 980__ $$aBOOK