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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirkland, Anna (Anna Rutherford)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination against overweight persons--Law and legislation--United States.

Discrimination against overweight persons.

Overweight persons--Civil rights--United States.

Overweight persons.

Discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.

Discrimination.

Overweight persons--Social aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Author Interview on The Brian Lehrer Show. America is a weight-obsessed nation. Over the last decade, there's been an explosion of concern in the U.S. about people getting fatter. Plaintiffs are now filing lawsuits arguing that discrimination against fat people should be illegal. Fat Rights asks the first provocative questions that need to be raised about adding weight to lists of currently protected traits like race, gender, and disability. Is body fat an indicator of a character flaw or of incompetence on the job? Does it pose risks or costs to employers they should be allowed to evade? Or i

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?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index.

ISBN:

9780814749074

0814749070

9780814748190

0814748198

OCLC:

780425901