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200 10$aFat rights$b[electronic resource] $edilemmas of difference and personhood /$fAnna Kirkland
210   $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2008
215   $a1 online resource (208 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 161-190) and index.
327   $aIntroduction: 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?
330   $aAuthor 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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