Fat Rights: Dilemmas of Difference and Personhood

Author:   Anna Kirkland
Publisher:   New York University Press
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9780814748077


Pages:   196
Publication Date:   01 March 2008
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Anna Kirkland
Publisher:   New York University Press
Imprint:   New York University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9780814748077


ISBN 10:   0814748074
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   01 March 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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PrefaceIntroduction: The Challenge of Difference 1 Imagining Legal Protections for Fatness 2 Shifting the Blame3 Balancing Functional Individuals and Embedded Selves 4 Governing Risk: Medicalization and Normalization 5 Accommodating Fatness Conclusion: What Is Worth Wanting in American Antidiscrimination Law? Notes Index About the Author

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Discrimination against the obese is today pervasive and oppressive. The problem will only grow worse as the epidemic of obesity spreads. Kirkland has written the definitive study of obesity within American law. It is required reading for anyone concerned with this issue. This is an admirable and profound book. Robert Post, Yale Law School Provides a much-needed conceptual map for making sense of how we in the U.S. talk about difference, discrimination, and rights generally. The result is an imaginative, insightful, savvy, and unusually accessible inquiry that should be required reading for anyone interested in the politics of civil rights. Highly recommended! Michael McCann, University of Washington


Provides a much-needed conceptual map for making sense of how we in the U.S. talk about difference, discrimination, and rights generally. The result is an imaginative, insightful, savvy, and unusually accessible inquiry that should be required reading for anyone interested in the politics of civil rights. Highly recommended! - Michael McCann, University of Washington


(<p> Provides a much-needed conceptual map for making sense of how we in the U.S. talk about difference, discrimination, and rights generally. The result is an imaginative, insightful, savvy, and unusually accessible inquiry that should be required reading for anyone interested in the politics of civil rights. Highly recommended! )-(Michael McCann), (University of Washington)


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Anna Kirkland is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and Political Science at the University of Michigan.

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