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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anna KirklandPublisher: New York University Press Imprint: New York University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.390kg ISBN: 9780814748077ISBN 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 Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: 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 AuthorReviewsDiscrimination 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) Author InformationAnna Kirkland is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and Political Science at the University of Michigan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |