Title
Fearing The Black Body: The Racial Origins Of Fat Phobia
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Winner, 2020 Body And Embodiment Best Publication Award, Given By The American Sociological Associationhonorable Mention, 2020 Sociology Of Sex And Gender Distinguished Book Award, Given By The American Sociological Associationhow The Female Body Has Been Racialized For Over Two Hundred Yearsthere Is An Obesity Epidemic In This Country And Poor Black Women Are Particularly Stigmatized As Diseased And A Burden On The Public Health Care System. This Is Only The Most Recent Incarnation Of The Fear Of Fat Black Women, Which Sabrina Strings Shows Took Root More Than Two Hundred Years Ago.Strings Weaves Together An Eyeopening Historical Narrative Ranging From The Renaissance To The Current Moment, Analyzing Important Works Of Art, Newspaper And Magazine Articles, And Scientific Literature And Medical Journalswhere Fat Bodies Were Once Praisedshowing That Fat Phobia, As It Relates To Black Women, Did Not Originate With Medical Findings, But With The Enlightenment Era Belief That Fatness Was Evidence Of Savagery And Racial Inferiority.The Author Argues That The Contemporary Ideal Of Slenderness Is, At Its Very Core, Racialized And Racist. Indeed, It Was Not Until The Early Twentieth Century, When Racialized Attitudes Against Fatness Were Already Entrenched In The Culture, That The Medical Establishment Began Its Crusade Against Obesity. An Important And Original Work, Fearing The Black Body Argues Convincingly That Fat Phobia Isnt About Health At All, But Rather A Means Of Using The Body To Validate Race, Class, And Gender Prejudice.
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