{"product_id":"fearing-the-black-body-the-racial-origins-of-fat-phobia-9781479886753","title":"Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner, 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the American Sociological Association\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHonorable Mention, 2020 Sociology of Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the female body has been racialized for over two hundred years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There is an obesity epidemic in this country and poor Black women are particularly stigmatized as \"diseased\" and a burden on the public health care system. This is only the most recent incarnation of the fear of fat Black women, which Sabrina Strings shows took root more than two hundred years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStrings 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eFearing the Black Body\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sabrina Strings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479886753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019 pg. 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSabrina Strings \u003c\/b\u003eis\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eChancellor's Fellow \u0026amp; Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. She was a recipient of the UC Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship with a joint appointment in the School of Public Health and Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eEthnic and Racial Studies\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSigns: Journal of Women in Culture and Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Society, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFeminist Media Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sabrina Strings \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47282180784285,"sku":"9781479886753","price":74.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_81064937-2c97-4357-8499-d5ad40279574.jpg?v=1759945951","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/fearing-the-black-body-the-racial-origins-of-fat-phobia-9781479886753","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}