Weightless : making space for my resilient body and soul
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 245 pages ; 22 cm
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Status
Camp Verde Community Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
920 DIO
1 available
920 DIO
1 available
Prescott Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
362.1963 DIONNE
1 available
362.1963 DIONNE
1 available
Sedona Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
362.1963 DIONNE
1 available
362.1963 DIONNE
1 available
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Published
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Description
"In this insightful, funny, and whip-smart book, acclaimed writer Evette Dionne explores the minefields fat Black women are forced to navigate in the course of everyday life. From her early experiences of harassment to adolescent self-discovery in internet chatrooms to a diagnosis of heart failure at age twenty- nine, Dionne tracks her relationship with friends, sex, motherhood, agoraphobia, health, pop culture, and self-image. Along the way, she lifts the curtain to reveal the subtle, insidious forms of surveillance and control levied at fat women: At the doctor's office, where any health ailment is treated with a directive to lose weight. On dating sites, where larger bodies are either rejected or fetishized. On TV, where fat characters are asexual comedic relief. But Dionne's unflinching account of our deeply held prejudices is matched by her fierce belief in the power of self-love. An unmissable portrait of a woman on a journey toward understanding our society and herself, Weightless holds up a mirror to the world we live in and asks us to imagine the future we deserve."--,Jacket flap.
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Camp Verde Community Library - NF - Nonfiction Books | 920 DIO | Find It Now |
Prescott Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books | 362.1963 DIONNE | Find It Now |
Sedona Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books | 362.1963 DIONNE | Find It Now |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American women -- Social conditions.
African American women authors -- Biography.
Anecdotes.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Dionne, Evette.
Obesity.
Overweight persons -- United States -- Biography.
Overweight women -- United States -- Biography.
Racism -- United States -- Anecdotes.
Self-esteem in women.
Self-realization in women.
Sexism -- United States -- Anecdotes.
Women, Black -- Biography.
African American women authors -- Biography.
Anecdotes.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Dionne, Evette.
Obesity.
Overweight persons -- United States -- Biography.
Overweight women -- United States -- Biography.
Racism -- United States -- Anecdotes.
Self-esteem in women.
Self-realization in women.
Sexism -- United States -- Anecdotes.
Women, Black -- Biography.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dionne, E. (2022). Weightless: making space for my resilient body and soul (First edition.). Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dionne, Evette. 2022. Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dionne, Evette. Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dionne, Evette. Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul First edition., Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022.
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