The contemporary reader of gender and fat studies. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Amy Erdman Farrell.
• Editors: Farrell, Amy Erdman
• Contents: Part 1: Introduction 1: Connecting Gender and Fat : Feminism, Intersectionality and Stigma Amy Erdman Farrell Part II: Discourses of Gender and Fat: 2: Undesirably Different: Hyper(in)visibilty and the Gendered Fat Body Jeannine Gailey 3 Gendered Fat Bodies as Neoliberal Bodies Hannele Harjunen 4 To Have and Not to Hold: Queering Fatness Cat Pausé 5 Antiblackness, Gender and Fat Da’Shaun Harrison Part III: Narrating Gender and Fat 6 Embodied Narration Kimberly Dark 7 Fat Stories Susan Stinson Part IV: Historicizing Fatness 8 The Politics of Fat and Gender in the Ancient World Susan Hill 9 Historicizing Black Women’s Anti-Fatness Ava Purkiss Part V: Gender and Fat in Institutions and Public Policy 10: Public Policy and the Repercussions of Fat Stigma on Women and Children April Michelle Herndon 11: Anti-fat and Anti-Latina Discourse and Policy in the United States E. Cassandra Dame-Griff 12: Fatness, Gender, and Academic Achievement in Secondary and Postsecondary Education Heather A. Brown Part VI: Gender and Fat in Health and Medicine 13: Eating Disorders, Gender, and Fat: Theorizing the Fat Body in Feminist Theories of Eating Disorders Erin N. Harrop 14: Immovable Subjects, Unstoppable Forces: Bariatric Surgery, Gender, and the Body Nikkolette Lee 15: Gender, Fat, and "Reproductive" Healthcare: Negotiating Fat Pregnancy in the Context of Eugenics Emma Lind, Deborah McPhail, and Lindsey Mazur Part VII: Gender and Fat in Popular Culture and Media 16: Sexy, Docile Bodies: The Objectification and Paternalistic Management of Plus- Size Models Amanda M. Czerniawski 17: Big-Gay Men Entering the Twenty-First Century: Global Perspectives on Fat- Affirming Subcultures and Imagery Jason Whitesel 18: From Hattie McDaniel to Queen Latifah: Examining a New Mammy and other Fat Black Women Representations in Contemporary Media Roshaunda L. Breeden and Terah J. Stewart Part VIII: Gender, Fat and Resistance 19: Coming Out as Fat Rachele Salvatelli 20: Fat Community Judith Stein with Meridith Lawrence and Susan Stinson 21: Belle di Faccia: Fat Activism in Italy Mara Mibelli and Chiara Meloni 22: "Your belly is a heap of wheat:" a Torah of Fat Liberation Rabbi Minna Bromberg 23: Don’t Forget to Be Yourself Joy Cox 　 Part IX: In Memoriam Chapter 24: Friend of Cat Substantia Jones 　
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (392 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 305.4; Women's studies; Body image in women; Overweight women; Sex role; Sexism; Discrimination
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000891850; 9781000891843
• Related ISBNs: 9780367691660; 9780367691684
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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