Fat rights : dilemmas of difference and personhood
by
 
Kirkland, Anna (Anna Rutherford)

Title
: 
Fat rights : dilemmas of difference and personhood

Author
: 
Kirkland, Anna (Anna Rutherford)

ISBN
: 
9780814748077
 
9780814748138

Personal Author
: 
Kirkland, Anna (Anna Rutherford)

Publication Information
: 
New York : New York University Press, c2008.

Physical Description
: 
xii, 196 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents
: 
Introduction: The challenge of difference -- Imagining legal protections for fatness -- Shifting the blame -- Balancing functional individuals and embedded selves -- Governing risk : medicalization and normalization -- Accomodating fatness -- Conclusion: What is worth wanting in American antidiscrimination law?

Subject Term
: 
Discrimination against overweight persons -- Law and legislation -- United States.
 
Overweight persons -- Civil rights -- United States.
 
Discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States.
 
Overweight persons -- Social aspects -- United States.

Electronic Access
: 
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007043256-b.html
 
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2007043256-d.html


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