02987nam 2200637 a 450 991045139350332120200520144314.00-8147-4907-00-8147-4819-8(CKB)1000000000486925(EBL)865634(OCoLC)780425901(SSID)ssj0000153657(PQKBManifestationID)11162536(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000153657(PQKBWorkID)10405564(PQKB)10838548(MiAaPQ)EBC865634(OCoLC)233535731(MdBmJHUP)muse10666(Au-PeEL)EBL865634(CaPaEBR)ebr10280026(EXLCZ)99100000000048692520071018d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFat rights[electronic resource] dilemmas of difference and personhood /Anna KirklandNew York New York University Pressc20081 online resource (208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-4813-9 0-8147-4807-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index.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?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 iDiscrimination against overweight personsLaw and legislationUnited StatesOverweight personsCivil rightsUnited StatesDiscriminationLaw and legislationUnited StatesOverweight personsSocial aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.Discrimination against overweight personsLaw and legislationOverweight personsCivil rightsDiscriminationLaw and legislationOverweight personsSocial aspects342.7308/7Kirkland Anna Rutherford1022943MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451393503321Fat rights2479707UNINA