Fearing the black body : the racial origins of fat phobia
Sabrina StringsStrings, Sabrina · Bok · Engelsk · utgitt 2019
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*0010605354 *003NO-LaBS *00520211011224600.0 *007t *008210607s2019 xx er 0 eng d *009 nam 1 *019 $bl *020 $a978-1-4798-8675-3$qheftet *0243 $a9781479886753 *035 $a(NO-LaBS)13257885(bibid) *035 $a(NO-OsBAS)150375139 *040 $bnor *08204$a305.48896073$223$qNO-OsBAS *090 $c305.48896073$dS *1001 $aStrings, Sabrina$_47615500 *24510$aFearing the black body$bthe racial origins of fat phobia$cSabrina Strings *260 $aNew York$bNew York University Press$c2019 *300 $a283 sider$billustrasjoner$c23 cm *336 $atekst$0http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAContentType/1020$2rdaco *337 $auformidlet$0http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAMediaType/1007$2rdamt *338 $abind$0http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDACarrierType/1049$2rdact *5208 $aThere is an obesity epidemic in this country and poor black women are particularly stigmatized as diseased and a burden on the public health care system. This is only the most recent incarnation of the fear of fat black women, which Sabrina Strings shows took root more than two hundred years ago. Strings weaves together an eye-opening historical narrative ranging from the Renaissance to the current moment, analyzing important works of art, newspaper and magazine articles, and scientific literature and medical journals-where fat bodies were once praised-showing that fat phobia, as it relates to black women, did not originate with medical findings, but with the Enlightenment era belief that fatness was evidence of savagery and racial inferiority. The author argues that the contemporary ideal of slenderness is, at its very core, racialized and racist. Indeed, it was not until the early twentieth century, when racialized attitudes against fatness were already entrenched in the culture, that the medical establishment began its crusade against obesity. An important and original work, Fearing the Black Body argues convincingly that fat phobia isn't about health at all, but rather a means of using the body to validate race, class, and gender prejudice. *65007$aAfro-amerikanere$9nob$2Bokbasen AS$_44857100 *65007$aKvinner$9nob$2Bokbasen AS$_10104900 *65007$aLikestilling$9nob$2Bokbasen AS$_45463700 *651 7$aUSA$9nob$2Bokbasen AS$_34549000 *85641$amedia.boknett.no$3Omslagsbilde$uhttps://media.boknett.no/objects/39/51/150375139/productimage_ORG_57ff7a6deab67172201c204776cc4149b0fa9248.jpg$qimage/jpeg ^