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Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
Fearing the Black Body The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
Author: Sabrina Strings
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 tw...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781479886753
ISBN-10: 1479886750
Publication Date: 5/7/2019
Pages: 304
Edition: First edition.
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Publisher: NYU Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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