03173nam 2200721 a 450 991096057010332120251116232557.09780814749074081474907097808147481900814748198(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(DE-B1597)547927(DE-B1597)9780814749074(Perlego)720206(EXLCZ)99100000000048692520071018d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFat rights dilemmas of difference and personhood /Anna Kirkland1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20081 online resource (208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780814748138 0814748139 9780814748077 0814748074 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 StatesDiscrimination against overweight personsLaw and legislationOverweight personsCivil rightsDiscriminationLaw and legislationOverweight personsSocial aspects342.7308/7Kirkland Anna(Anna Rutherford)1249657MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960570103321Fat rights4471286UNINA