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Format: vii, 283 Seiten : , Illustrationen, Portäts.

ISBN: 978-1-4798-1980-5 , 978-1-4798-8675-3

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-4798-9178-8

Language: English

Subjects: Ethnology , Sociology

Keywords: Schwarze Frau ; Schönheitsideal ; Übergewicht ; Ethnische Identität ; Rassismus

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URL: https://nyupress.org/9781479886753/fearing-the-black-body/

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Edition: Unabridged

ISBN: 9781705219591

Content: "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 two hundred years ago. Strings weaves together an eye-opening historical narrative ranging from the Renaissance to the current moment, analyzing important works of art, newspaper and magazine articles, and scientific literature and medical journals-where fat bodies were once praised-showing that fat phobia, as it relates to black women, did not originate with medical findings, but with the Enlightenment era belief that fatness was evidence of savagery and racial inferiority. The author argues that the contemporary ideal of slenderness is, at its very core, racialized and racist. Indeed, it was not until the early twentieth century, when racialized attitudes against fatness were already entrenched in the culture, that the medical establishment began its crusade against obesity. An important and original work, Fearing the Black Body argues convincingly that fat phobia isn't about health at all, but rather a means of using the body to validate race, class, and gender prejudice."

Content: Biographisches: "Sabrina Strings is assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, and a recipient of the Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship. Her work has appeared in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, The Feminist Wire, and Feminist Media Studies."

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (vii, 283 pages) : , illustrations

ISBN: 1-4798-9178-9

Content: 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 two hundred years ago.Strings weaves together an eye-opening historical narrative ranging from the Renaissance to the current moment, analyzing important works of art, newspaper and magazine articles, and scientific literature and medical journals—where fat bodies were once praised—showing that fat phobia, as it relates to black women, did not originate with medical findings, but with the Enlightenment era belief that fatness was evidence of “savagery” and racial inferiority. The author argues that the contemporary ideal of slenderness is, at its very core, racialized and racist. Indeed, it was not until the early twentieth century, when racialized attitudes against fatness were already entrenched in the culture, that the medical establishment began its crusade against obesity. An important and original work, Fearing the Black Body argues convincingly that fat phobia isn’t about health at all, but rather a means of using the body to validate race, class, and gender prejudice.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Introduction -- , 1. Being Venus -- , 2. Plump Women and Thin, Fine Men -- , 3. The Rise of the Big Black Woman -- , 4. Birth of the Ascetic Aesthetic -- , 5. American Beauty -- , 6. Thinness as American Exceptionalism -- , 7. Good Health to Uplift the Race -- , 8. Fat, Revisited -- , Acknowledgments -- , Notes -- , Selected Bibliography -- , Index -- , About the Author , Issued also in print.

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-4798-1980-8

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource : , 41 black and white illustrations

ISBN: 9781479891788

Content: 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 two hundred years ago.Strings weaves together an eye-opening historical narrative ranging from the Renaissance to the current moment, analyzing important works of art, newspaper and magazine articles, and scientific literature and medical journals—where fat bodies were once praised—showing that fat phobia, as it relates to black women, did not originate with medical findings, but with the Enlightenment era belief that fatness was evidence of “savagery” and racial inferiority. The author argues that the contemporary ideal of slenderness is, at its very core, racialized and racist. Indeed, it was not until the early twentieth century, when racialized attitudes against fatness were already entrenched in the culture, that the medical establishment began its crusade against obesity. An important and original work, Fearing the Black Body argues convincingly that fat phobia isn’t about health at all, but rather a means of using the body to validate race, class, and gender prejudice.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Introduction -- , 1. Being Venus -- , 2. Plump Women and Thin, Fine Men -- , 3. The Rise of the Big Black Woman -- , 4. Birth of the Ascetic Aesthetic -- , 5. American Beauty -- , 6. Thinness as American Exceptionalism -- , 7. Good Health to Uplift the Race -- , 8. Fat, Revisited -- , Acknowledgments -- , Notes -- , Selected Bibliography -- , Index -- , About the Author , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.18574/9781479891788

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