{"product_id":"fearing-the-black-body-the-racial-origins-of-fat-phobia","title":"Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eSabrina Strings' book \"Fearing the Black Body\" was awarded the 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award and the 2020 Sociology of Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award. It argues that fat phobia originated with the Enlightenment era belief that fatness was evidence of \"savagery\" and racial inferiority and that the contemporary ideal of slenderness is racialized and racist. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\n                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\\n                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e\\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 07 May 2019\u003cbr\u003e\\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the female body has been racialized for over two hundred years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere 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.\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 450g\\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 155 x 228 x 18 (mm)\\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781479886753\\n                            \\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sabrina Strings","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44095600754938,"sku":"9781479886753","price":20.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/573cb9e37d67d9c45557cdb3fb7318c7.jpg?v=1627267794","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/fearing-the-black-body-the-racial-origins-of-fat-phobia","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}