Fat rights [electronic resource] : dilemmas of difference and personhood / Anna Kirkland.
2008
KF4757.5.O94 K57 2008eb
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Fat rights [electronic resource] : dilemmas of difference and personhood / Anna Kirkland.
ISBN
9780814748077 (cl : alk. paper)
0814748074 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814748138 (pb : alk. paper)
0814748139 (pb : alk. paper)
0814748074 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814748138 (pb : alk. paper)
0814748139 (pb : alk. paper)
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New York : New York University Press, c2008.
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English
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xii, 196 p. ; 23 cm.
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KF4757.5.O94 K57 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
342.7308/7
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The challenge of difference
Imagining legal protections for fatness
Shifting the blame
Balancing functional individuals and embedded selves
Governing risk : medicalization and normalization
Accomodating fatness
Conclusion: What is worth wanting in American antidiscrimination law?
Imagining legal protections for fatness
Shifting the blame
Balancing functional individuals and embedded selves
Governing risk : medicalization and normalization
Accomodating fatness
Conclusion: What is worth wanting in American antidiscrimination law?