naked body, 35, 45, 75, 77–78

obese and obesity, 11, 44, 48, 50, 52, 56, 64–65, 67

Orbach, Susie, 81, 86

parody, 21, 49, 52, 55, 63, 126, 132n4

patriarchy, 3–4, 6–7, 9, 16, 18–19, 22, 26, 30, 37–38, 41, 50, 72, 95, 97, 102, 124, 130n3

physical beauty, 11, 47–49, 53, 57–60, 62, 64–66, 69, 74–75, 77–78, 80–81, 83–84, 86, 88–90, 107, 124–126

prejudice, 10, 37, 48–49, 53, 65, 70–71, 74–75, 99, 108, 112–113, 120

Puerto Rican (heritage/culture), 12, 17, 24–25, 109–110, 113–115, 117–121, 124

race, 12, 32, 74, 110, 121, 123

Real Women Have Curves, 12, 96, 103–104, 106, 108, 124

recipe, 10, 21, 27, 29, 31–35, 38–40, 42–43, 71, 119, 124

“Respuesta a Sor Filotea” (De la Cruz), 8–9, 13–14

sensual body, 36, 38, 40–41, 44, 114, 121, 124

sex and sexuality, 3, 6–7, 20, 27–28, 34–35, 40–45, 61, 63, 66, 72, 83, 106, 113–114, 124, 135n4

smell, 20, 37, 39, 65, 76, 100–112, 116–118, 121

social gaze, 11, 21, 38, 45, 49, 52–53, 64–65, 67–68, 75, 82, 88, 106, 114

social class, 7, 32, 71, 74, 89, 120

starvation, 80, 87

The Madwoman in the Attic, 6, 87

thin and thinness, 11, 44, 47–48, 51, 53, 67, 75, 81, 83–84, 86, 88–89, 93, 106, 129n8, 134n10

“Verde en el borde” (Maturana), 11, 88, 91–93

virgin and virginity, 4, 20, 88, 106, 130n3, 135n5

weight-loss industry, 51, 67, 78–82, 84–85

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