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Limited by Body Habitus - An American Fat Story (Paperback)
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Limited by Body Habitus - An American Fat Story (Paperback)
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Loot Price R447
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Jennifer Renee Blevins's debut memoir, Limited by Body Habitus: An
American Fat Story, sheds light on her experiences living with the
emotional and psychological struggles of taking up space in a
fat-phobic world. Bringing together experiences of personal and
national trauma, Blevins adeptly weaves the tale of her father's
gastric bypass surgery and subsequent prolonged health crisis with
the environmental catastrophe of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Blevins looks to each of these events as a "leak" of American
society's pitfalls and shortcomings. These intertwined narratives,
both disasters that could have been avoided, reveal points of
failure in our systems of healthcare and environmental
conservation. Incorporating pieces from her life, such as medical
transcripts and quotes from news programs, Blevins composes a
mosaic of our modern anxieties. Even through despair, she finds
hope in mending broken relationships and shows us how we can
flourish as individuals and as a nation despite our struggles.
Fierce and haunting, this memoir creates a space of narrative
through body, selfhood, family, and country.
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