Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Fearing the Black Body – The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

Autor Sabrina Strings
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 mai 2019
How the female body has been racialized for over two hundred years
There is an obesity epidemic in this country and poor black women are particularly stigmatized as "diseased" and a burden on the public health care system. This is only the most recent incarnation of the fear of fat black women, which Sabrina Strings shows took root more than two hundred years ago. Strings weaves together an eye-opening historical narrative ranging from the Renaissance to the current moment, analyzing important works of art, newspaper and magazine articles, and scientific literature and medical journals-where fat bodies were once praised-showing that fat phobia, as it relates to black women, did not originate with medical findings, but with the Enlightenment era belief that fatness was evidence of "savagery" and racial inferiority. The author argues that the contemporary ideal of slenderness is, at its very core, racialized and racist. Indeed, it was not until the early twentieth century, when racialized attitudes against fatness were already entrenched in the culture, that the medical establishment began its crusade against obesity. An important and original work, Fearing the Black Body argues convincingly that fat phobia isn't about health at all, but rather a means of using the body to validate race, class, and gender prejudice.
Citește tot Restrânge

Toate formatele și edițiile

Toate formatele și edițiile Preț Express
Paperback (1) 20080 lei  3-5 săpt. +1793 lei  6-10 zile
  MI – New York University – 6 mai 2019 20080 lei  3-5 săpt. +1793 lei  6-10 zile
Hardback (1) 51772 lei  6-8 săpt.
  MI – New York University – 6 mai 2019 51772 lei  6-8 săpt.

Preț: 20080 lei

Nou

Puncte Express: 301

Preț estimativ în valută:
3843 3995$ 3184£

Carte disponibilă

Livrare economică 15-29 ianuarie 25
Livrare express 31 decembrie 24 - 04 ianuarie 25 pentru 2792 lei

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781479886753
ISBN-10: 1479886750
Pagini: 296
Ilustrații: 41 black and white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: MI – New York University

Notă biografică


Descriere

"String's"FearingtheBlackBody"criticallyexaminestheconceptsoffatphobiaandrace"--