Fearing the Black Body : : the Racial Origins of fat Phobia
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Introduction : the original epidemic -- Being Venus -- Plump women and thin, fine men -- The rise of the big black woman -- Birth of the ascetic aesthetic -- American beauty : the reign of the slender aesthetic -- Thinness as American exceptionalism -- Good health to uplift the race -- Fat, revisited -- Epilogue : the obesity epidemic.
"String's "Fearing the Black Body" critically examines the concepts of fat phobia and race"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : New York University Press, [2019]
Year Published: 2019
Description: 281 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781479819805
1479819808
9781479886753
1479886750
SUBJECTS
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- Social aspects -- United States.
African American women -- Social conditions.
Overweight women -- United States -- Social conditions.
Obesity -- Social aspects -- United States.