Fearing the Black Body
The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Format: Book
Description: vii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
"String's "Fearing the Black Body" critically examines the concepts of fat phobia and race"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Being Venus -- Plump women and thin, fine men -- The rise of the big black woman -- Birth of the ascetic aesthetic -- American beauty : the reign of the slender aesthetic -- Thinness as American exceptionalism -- Good health to uplift the race -- Fat, revisited.
Subjects:
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- Social aspects -- United States.
African American women -- Social conditions.
Overweight women -- United States -- Social conditions.
Obesity -- Social aspects -- United States.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- Social aspects -- United States.
African American women -- Social conditions.
Overweight women -- United States -- Social conditions.
Obesity -- Social aspects -- United States.
ISBN:
9781479886753 (pb : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Race Str | Main (Downtown) | Display - First Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/14/2024) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index.