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.