Fat rights [electronic resource] : dilemmas of difference and personhood / Anna Kirkland.
Publication details: New York : New York University Press, c2008.Description: xii, 196 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0814748074 (cl : alk. paper)
- 0814748139 (pb : alk. paper)
- 9780814748077 (cl : alk. paper)
- 9780814748138 (pb : alk. paper)
- 342.7308/7 22
- KF4757.5.O94 K57 2008eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index.
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?
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.