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Fearing the black body : the racial origins of fat phobia / Sabrina Strings. - New York : New York University Press, 2019. - VII, [1], 283 strony : ilustracje ; 23 cm.

Author

Strings Sabrina. Autor

Form of Work

Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka

Demographic Group

Literatura amerykańska

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Kobieta Afroamerykanie Amerykanie Otyłość Ciało ludzkie Piękno Dyskryminacja Stany Zjednoczone (USA)

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Reportaż

Domain

Historia Etnologia i antropologia kulturowa Socjologia i społeczeństwo

Bibliografia na stronach 245-256. Indeks.

Książka w języku angielskim. How the female body has been racialized for over two hundred years. Strings weaves together an eye-opening historical narrative ranging from the Renaissance to the current moment, analyzing important works of art, newspaper and magazine articles, and scientific literature and medical journals — where fat bodies were once praised — showing that fat phobia, as it relates to black women, did not originate with medical findings, but with the Enlightenment era belief that fatness was evidence of “savagery” and racial inferiority. The author argues that the contemporary ideal of slenderness is, at its very core, racialized and racist. Indeed, it was not until the early twentieth century, when racialized attitudes against fatness were already entrenched in the culture, that the medical establishment began its crusade against obesity. An important and original work, Fearing the Black Body argues convincingly that fat phobia isn’t about health at all, but rather a means of using the body to validate race, class, and gender prejudice.

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The Tragedy of heterosexuality / Jane Ward. - New York : New York University Press, 2020. - [8], 207 stron : ilustracje ; 23 cm.

Author

Ward Jane. Autor

Form of Work

Książki Publikacje naukowe

Subject

Heteroseksualizm Gender Nierówności społeczne Przemoc wobec kobiet Przemoc kobiet wobec mężczyzn

Genre/Form

Monografia

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Socjologia i społeczeństwo

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Książka w języku angielskim. Heterosexuality is in crisis. Reports of sexual harassment, misconduct, and rape saturate the news in the era of #MeToo. Straight men and women spend thousands of dollars every day on relationship coaches, seduction boot camps, and couple’s therapy in a search for happiness. In The Tragedy of Heterosexuality, Jane Ward smartly explores what, exactly, is wrong with heterosexuality in the twenty-first century, and what straight people can do to fix it for good. She shows how straight women, and to a lesser extent straight men, have tried to mend a fraught patriarchal system in which intimacy, sexual fulfillment, and mutual respect are expected to coexist alongside enduring forms of inequality, alienation, and violence in straight relationships. Ward also takes an intriguing look at the multi-billion-dollar self-help industry, which markets goods and services to help heterosexual couples without addressing the root of their problems. Ultimately, she encourages straight men and women to take a page out of queer culture, reminding them “about the human capacity to desire, fuck, and show respect at the same time.”

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