Revolting Bodies? The Struggle to Redefine Fat Identity |
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| Author:
| LeBesco, Kathleen A. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55849-429-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2003 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $39.00 |
Book Description:
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This work examines a number of sites of struggle over the cultural meaning of fatness. It is grounded in scholarship on identity politics, the social construction of beauty, and the subversion of hegemonic medical ideas about the dangers of fatness.
This work examines a number of sites of struggle over the cultural meaning of fatness. It is grounded in scholarship on identity politics, the social construction of beauty, and the subversion of hegemonic medical ideas about the dangers of fatness.