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Fat rights : dilemmas of difference and personhood
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- Creator
- Anna Kirkland
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : New York University Press, [2008]
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- xii, 196 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780814749074, 0814748074, 0814748139, 9780814748138, 0814748198, 9780814748077, 0814749070, 9780814748190
- OCLC
- ocn780425901, ocn233535731, ocn177063753
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 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?