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Fat rights dilemmas of difference and personhood
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Title
Fat rights [electronic resource] : dilemmas of difference and personhood / Anna Kirkland.
ISBN
0814748074 (cl : alk. paper)
0814748139 (pb : alk. paper)
9780814748077 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814748138 (pb : alk. paper)
Published
New York : New York University Press, c2008.
Physical Description
xii, 196 p. ; 23 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 01, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index.
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?
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