the struggle to redefine fat identity
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- LeBesco, Kathleen
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- B5746 - B
- Thesaurus
- lichamen, uiterlijk, vrouwbeelden, identiteit
- Description
- LeBesco examines sites of struggle over the cultural meaning of fatness. She explores how the bearer of a fat body is marked as a failed citizen, inasmuch as her powers as a worker, shopper, and sexually 'desirable' subject are called into question. She describes fat fashion, relations among fat, queer, and disability politics and activism, and online communities as opportunities for transforming stereotypes of fatness.