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UNINA9910781915703321 |
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Autore |
Kirkland Anna Rutherford |
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Titolo |
Fat rights [[electronic resource] ] : dilemmas of difference and personhood / / Anna Kirkland |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-8147-4907-0 |
0-8147-4819-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Discrimination against overweight persons - Law and legislation - United States |
Overweight persons - Civil rights - United States |
Discrimination - Law and legislation - United States |
Overweight persons - Social aspects - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: The challenge of difference -- Imagining legal protections for fatness -- Shifting the blame -- Balancing functional individuals and embedded selves -- Governing risk : medicalization and normalization -- Accomodating fatness -- Conclusion: What is worth wanting in American antidiscrimination law? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Author Interview on The Brian Lehrer Show. America is a weight-obsessed nation. Over the last decade, there's been an explosion of concern in the U.S. about people getting fatter. Plaintiffs are now filing lawsuits arguing that discrimination against fat people should be illegal. Fat Rights asks the first provocative questions that need to be raised about adding weight to lists of currently protected traits like race, gender, and disability. Is body fat an indicator of a character flaw or of incompetence on the job? Does it pose risks or costs to employers they should be allowed to evade? Or i |
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