{"product_id":"fat-oppression-around-the-world-9780367746650","title":"Fat Oppression around the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers cutting-edge, intersectional, and interdisciplinary research in the blossoming field of fat studies. The aim is to generate discussion about the complexity of fat oppression as a phenomenon and social force that permeates interactions both at an institutional and interpersonal level, impacting the lived experiences of fat people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter has been carefully selected to create a space to showcase the engaging intersectional and interdisciplinary fat studies scholarship that is taking place globally. This engaging book will take the reader around the world by examining: weight-loss classes in Ireland, Jamaican womenâs views of health and fatness, the difficulties of immigrating while fat to New Zealand, fat activism in Finnish media, being fat and pregnant in Australia, a girls' camp in the United States, and the experiences of fat hatred felt by queer fat women in Canada. This book will inspire fat-studies scholars globally to incorporate intersectional ap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction - Theorizing fat oppression: Intersectional approaches and methodological innovations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAriane Prohaska and Jeannine A. Gailey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Crafting weight stigma in slimming classes: A case study in Ireland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacqueline O’Toole\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Understanding fatness: Jamaican women’s constructions of health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaudia Barned and Kieran O’Doherty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Frozen: A fat tale of immigration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCat Pausé\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Can ambivalence hold potential for fat activism? An analysis of conflicting discourses on fatness in the Finnish column series Jenny’s Life Change\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Puhakka\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. \"You will face discrimination\": Fatness, motherhood, and the medical profession\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Lee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Rock and rolls: Exploring body positivity at Girls Rock Camp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrisha L. Crawshaw\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Mapping the circulation of fat hatred\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJen Rinaldi, Carla Rice, Crystal Kotow and Emma Lind\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018054009175,"sku":"9780367746650","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367746650.jpg?v=1750775485","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fat-oppression-around-the-world-9780367746650","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}