Fat rights
Kirkland, Anna Rutherford.
Fat rights dilemmas of difference and personhood / [electronic resource] : Anna Kirkland. - New York : New York University Press, c2008. - xii, 196 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index.
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?
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Discrimination against overweight persons--Law and legislation--United States.
Overweight persons--Civil rights--United States.
Discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.
Overweight persons--Social aspects--United States.
Electronic books.
KF4757.5.O94 / K57 2008eb
342.7308/7
Fat rights dilemmas of difference and personhood / [electronic resource] : Anna Kirkland. - New York : New York University Press, c2008. - xii, 196 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index.
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?
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Discrimination against overweight persons--Law and legislation--United States.
Overweight persons--Civil rights--United States.
Discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.
Overweight persons--Social aspects--United States.
Electronic books.
KF4757.5.O94 / K57 2008eb
342.7308/7