The Hyper(in)visible Fat Woman [electronic resource] : Weight and Gender Discourse in Contemporary Society /
Gailey, J.author.
In The Hyper(in)visible Fat Woman Gailey investigates the interface between fat women's perceptions of their bodies and of the social expectations and judgments placed on them. The book explores the phenomenon of 'hyper(in)visibility', the seemingly paradoxical social position of being paid exceptional attention while simultaneously being erased.
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The Hyper(in)visible Fat Woman: Weight and Gender Discourse in Contemporary Society; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Hyper(in)visibility and the Paradox of Fat; The Paradox of Fat and the Spectrum of Visibility; "Obesity" and the "Obesity Epidemic"; The Size Acceptance Movement; An Overview of the Book; Chapter 2: Fighting the Fat Self; Remaining Hidden; Fatphobia and Bullying; Internalizing Fatphobia: The Looking Glass (Fat) Body; Reflected Acts; Spatial Discrimination; More than a Fat Woman; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Fixing the Fat Body
Others' Attempts to Contain, Fix, and Manage Participants' Abject BodiesTools to "Fix" the Abject Body; Calling It Quits; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Fit and Fat; Health as a Moral Obligation; Visibly Unhealthy; The Guise of Health; The Clinical Gaze; Too Big to Treat; Fit and Fat; Health at Every Size; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Ample Sex; The Illusion of a Paradox; Hidden Desires; Marked Shame; Reflected Acts; Shifting Reflections; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Embracing Fat Pride; Size Acceptance, NAAFA, and the Politics of a Fat Identity; Being Seen and Embodying Fat; Embodiment of a Fat Identity
Refracting the ViewDoing Fat as Activism; Some Concerns about Reinforcing the Dominant Frame through Fat Pride; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Shifting the Focus; Subverting the Judgmental Gaze: Why These Stories Matter; Fatphobia and the War on "Obesity"; The Field of Fat Studies and the Present Study; The Spectrum of Visibility and Hyper(in)visibility; Shifting the Focus; Appendix: Notes on Methodology; Equalizing the Interview; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In The Hyper(in)visible Fat Woman Gailey investigates the interface between fat women's perceptions of their bodies and of the social expectations and judgments placed on them. The book explores the phenomenon of 'hyper(in)visibility', the seemingly paradoxical social position of being paid exceptional attention while simultaneously being erased.
Sociology.
Social medicine.
Culture.
Human body-Social aspects.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Sociology, general.
Medical Sociology.
Sociology of Culture.
Sociology of the Body.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Gender Studies.