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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest 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 2008

342.7308/7