Bibliograph

Fearing the black body, the racial origins of fat phobia, Sabrina Strings

Type

Label

Fearing the black body, the racial origins of fat phobia, Sabrina Strings

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fearing the black body

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Sabrina Strings

Sub title

the racial origins of fat phobia

Summary

"String's "Fearing the Black Body" critically examines the concepts of fat phobia and race"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

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

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