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Fat rights : dilemmas of difference and personhood  Cover Image Book Book

Fat rights : dilemmas of difference and personhood / Anna Kirkland.

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  • ISBN: 9780814748077 (cl : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0814748074 (cl : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780814748138 (pb : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0814748139 (pb : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xii, 196 p. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2008.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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: 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.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library KF 4757.5 .O94 K57 2008 30538049 General Collection Available -


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