Fearing the Black Body : The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Being Venus -- 2. Plump Women and Thin, Fine Men -- 3. The Rise of the Big Black Woman -- 4. Birth of the Ascetic Aesthetic -- 5. American Beauty -- 6. Thinness as American Exceptionalism -- 7. Good Health to Uplift the Race -- 8. Fat, Revisited -- Ackno...
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Gespeichert in:
Autor*in:

Strings, Sabrina [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

New York, NY: New York University Press ; 2019

Rechteinformationen:

Restricted Access

Schlagwörter:

Overweight women, Social conditions, United States

Feminine beauty (Aesthetics), Social aspects, United States

African American women, Social conditions

Obesity, Social aspects, United States

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General

Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource ; 41 black and white illustrations

Beschreibung:

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

Reproduktion:

[Online-Ausgabe]

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ISBN:

978-1-4798-9178-8

DOI / URN:

10.18574/9781479891788

Katalog-ID:

1735782130

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