Book Title:
Fearing the Black Body
The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
Assignment :
Your book review needs to be 3-4 typed pages long (double-spaced, one-inch margins). I expect your book review to be free of grammatical and spelling errors, and otherwise well edited.
A book review does not only tell you what a book is about, but also whether it achieves what it is trying to do. Therefore, a book review is more than a summary of the content (even though this is an important component), but a critical analysis of the book and your reactions to it.
While you are reading the book, take notes about the following issues:
What is the authors main goal in writing this book? (Convince you of his position on a controversy? Explain the background of an event? Raise awareness of a particular issue?)
What are the authors main points?
What kind of evidence does the author provide to make his or her points? How convincing is this evidence?
Is the book well written? (Easily understandable? Good style?)
What group of readers would find this book most useful (Lay people? Students? Experts in the area?)
A book review usually has the following components
Introduction (one or two paragraphs) – Bibliographic information (author, title, date of publication, publisher, number of pages, type of book) – Brief overview of the theme, purpose and your evaluation
Summary of the content (about two pages) – Brief summary of the key points of each chapter or group of chapters – Paraphrase the information, but use a short quote when appropriate
Evaluation and conclusion (about one page) – Give your opinion about the book. Is the book easy to read or confusing? Is the book interesting, entertaining, instructive? Does the author support his arguments well? What are the books greatest strengths and weaknesses? Who would you recommend the book to?
Resource: Writer, Whattagreat. How to Write Great Book Reviews: An Introduction for Undergraduates. New York: Outstanding Publications, Inc., 1991
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