Weightless : making space for my resilient body and soul
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Author
Published
New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780063076365, 0063076365
Physical Desc
xxi, 245 pages ; 22 cm.
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Published
New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780063076365, 0063076365
Notes
Description
"Evette Dionne explores the minefields fat Black woman are forced to navigate in the course of everyday life. From her early experiences of harassment to adolescent self-discovery in internet chatrooms to diagnosis with heart failure at age twenty-nine, Dionne tracks her relationships with friendship, sex, motherhood, agoraphobia, health, pop culture, and self-image. Along the way, she lifts back 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 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." --publisher's website.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 362.196398 DIONNE DIO | Available |
Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 362.1963 DIONNE DIO | Available |
Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Nonfiction - Biography | B DIONNE Dionne | Available |
Jefferson Township Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography | BIOG DIONNE | Available |
North County Branch - Adult Nonfiction - Biography | B DIONNE Dionne | Available |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American women -- Social conditions.
African American women authors -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Autobiography.
Dionne, Evette.
Overweight women -- United States -- Biography.
Racism -- United States.
Self-esteem in women.
Self-realization in women.
Sexism -- United States.
Women, Black -- Biography.
African American women authors -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Autobiography.
Dionne, Evette.
Overweight women -- United States -- Biography.
Racism -- United States.
Self-esteem in women.
Self-realization in women.
Sexism -- United States.
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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