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Version History

Below is the version history for “Overweight” Bodies, Real and Imagined:

Version
Publication Date
Changes
First Edition:
link to the first edition
 March 3, 2023
Revised Edition:
link to revised edition
January 24, 2025 Introduction is revised.

Added Activities:
There are added activities in the opening of Section of each Chapter. The narrative voice of the materials is speaking to a student in a composition class (“here’s how to write a paragraph using evidence,” etc.).  It is supported with anonymous student essay artifacts the class studies to represent common pitfalls for students to avoid in order to learn what to do/not to do.  Instructors might use these materials as in-class lessons.

New References  have been added to support additional quoted materials and added recent events.
Stylistic improvements may have been made throughout.