{"product_id":"fearing-the-black-body-the-racial-origins-of-fat-phobia-9798200240760","title":"Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow the female body has been racialized for over two hundred years\u003c\/b\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. 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, \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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e MP3 CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Strings, Sabrina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tantor Audio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798200240760","brand":"Sabrina Strings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39372813762635,"sku":"9798200240760","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_40b5c4f5-1e4e-4614-864f-50bcbf7f2dcf.jpg?v=1621929323","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/fearing-the-black-body-the-racial-origins-of-fat-phobia-9798200240760","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}