05304oam 22009134a 450 991078641380332120231206044826.00-8147-2390-X10.18574/9780814723906(CKB)3710000000121079(EBL)1707236(SSID)ssj0001224373(PQKBManifestationID)12505525(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001224373(PQKBWorkID)11262653(PQKB)11257243(MiAaPQ)EBC1707236(DE-B1597)548509(DE-B1597)9780814723906(OCoLC)881290083(MdBmJHUP)muse86900(EXLCZ)99371000000012107920171121h20142014 uy 0engurnn#---|un|utxtccrFat Gay MenGirth, Mirth, and the Politics of Stigma /Jason WhiteselNew York, NY :New York University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (188 p.)IntersectionsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8147-2412-4 0-8147-0838-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction. An ethnographer among girth & mirthers --1. Coming together --2. Injuries big gay men suffer --3. Performing the fat body --4. Big gay men’s struggle for class distinction --5. Shame reconfigured --Conclusion. Beyond simply managing stigma --Methodological appendix --Theoretical appendix. Analytical framework of stigma, camp, carnival, and play --Notes --References --Index --About the author"To be fat in a thin-obsessed gay culture can be difficult. Despite affectionate in-group monikers for big gay men-chubs, bears, cubs-the anti-fat stigma that persists in American culture at large still haunts these individuals who often exist at the margins of gay communities. In Fat Gay Men, Jason Whitesel delves into the world of Girth & Mirth, a nationally known social club dedicated to big gay men, illuminating the ways in which these men form identities and community in the face of adversity. In existence for over forty years, the club has long been a refuge and 'safe space' for such men. Both a partial insider as a gay man and an outsider to Girth & Mirth, Whitesel offers an insider's critique of the gay movement, questioning whether the social consequences of the failure to be height-weight proportionate should be so extreme in the gay community. This book documents performances at club events and examines how participants use allusion and campy-queer behavior to reconfigure and reclaim their sullied body images, focusing on the numerous tensions of marginalization and dignity that big gay men experience and how they negotiate these tensions via their membership to a size-positive group. Based on ethnographic interviews and in-depth field notes from more than 100 events at bar nights, coffee; klatches, restaurants, potlucks, holiday bashes, pool parties, movie nights, and weekend retreats, the book explores the woundedness that comes from being relegated to an inferior position in gay hierarchies, and yet celebrates how some gay men can reposition the shame of fat stigma through carnival, camp, and play. A compelling and rich narrative, Fat Gay Men provides a rare glimpse into an unexplored dimension of weight and body image in American culture"--Información proporcionada por el editor.Intersections: Transdisciplinary PerspectivesBears (Gay culture)United StatesDiscrimination against overweight personsUnited StatesOverweight personsUnited StatesPhysical-appearance-based biasUnited StatesGay menUnited StatesGay StudiesStigma (Social psychology)SOCIAL SCIENCEbisacshSociologyBears (Gay culture)homoitSesgo basado en la apariencia personalEstados UnidosembneDiscriminación contra personas obesasEstados UnidosembneHombres con sobrepesoEstados UnidosembneHombres homosexualesEstados UnidosembneOsos (Cultura gay)Estados UnidosembneBears (Gay culture)Discrimination against overweight personsOverweight personsPhysical-appearance-based biasGay menGay StudiesStigma (Social psychology)SOCIAL SCIENCESociologyBears (Gay culture)Sesgo basado en la apariencia personalDiscriminación contra personas obesasHombres con sobrepesoHombres homosexualesOsos (Cultura gay)306.76/62SOC026000SOC012000SOC002010bisacshWhitesel Jason1530290MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910786413803321Fat Gay Men3775275UNINA