LEADER 04426oam 22006734a 450 001 9910480595003321 005 20210723021152.0 010 $a0-8147-2390-X 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814723906 035 $a(CKB)3710000000121079 035 $a(EBL)1707236 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001224373 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12505525 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001224373 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11262653 035 $a(PQKB)11257243 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1707236 035 $a(DE-B1597)548509 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814723906 035 $a(OCoLC)881290083 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse86900 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000121079 100 $a20171121h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFat Gay Men$eGirth, Mirth, and the Politics of Stigma /$fJason Whitesel 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (188 p.) 225 0 $aIntersections 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8147-2412-4 311 0 $a0-8147-0838-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction. An ethnographer among girth & mirthers --$t1. Coming together --$t2. Injuries big gay men suffer --$t3. Performing the fat body --$t4. Big gay men?s struggle for class distinction --$t5. Shame reconfigured --$tConclusion. Beyond simply managing stigma --$tMethodological appendix --$tTheoretical appendix. Analytical framework of stigma, camp, carnival, and play --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex --$tAbout the author 330 $a"To be fat in a thin-obsessed gay culture can be difficult. Despite affectionate in-group monikers for big gay men-chubs, bears, cubs-the anti-fat stigma that persists in American culture at large still haunts these individuals who often exist at the margins of gay communities. In Fat Gay Men, Jason Whitesel delves into the world of Girth & Mirth, a nationally known social club dedicated to big gay men, illuminating the ways in which these men form identities and community in the face of adversity. In existence for over forty years, the club has long been a refuge and 'safe space' for such men. Both a partial insider as a gay man and an outsider to Girth & Mirth, Whitesel offers an insider's critique of the gay movement, questioning whether the social consequences of the failure to be height-weight proportionate should be so extreme in the gay community. This book documents performances at club events and examines how participants use allusion and campy-queer behavior to reconfigure and reclaim their sullied body images, focusing on the numerous tensions of marginalization and dignity that big gay men experience and how they negotiate these tensions via their membership to a size-positive group. Based on ethnographic interviews and in-depth field notes from more than 100 events at bar nights, coffee; klatches, restaurants, potlucks, holiday bashes, pool parties, movie nights, and weekend retreats, the book explores the woundedness that comes from being relegated to an inferior position in gay hierarchies, and yet celebrates how some gay men can reposition the shame of fat stigma through carnival, camp, and play. A compelling and rich narrative, Fat Gay Men provides a rare glimpse into an unexplored dimension of weight and body image in American culture"--Informacio?n proporcionada por el editor. 410 0$aIntersections: Transdisciplinary Perspectives 606 $aSesgo basado en la apariencia personal$zEstados Unidos 606 $aDiscriminacio?n contra personas obesas$zEstados Unidos 606 $aHombres con sobrepeso$zEstados Unidos 606 $aHombres homosexuales$zEstados Unidos 606 $aOsos (Cultura gay)$zEstados Unidos 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSesgo basado en la apariencia personal 615 0$aDiscriminacio?n contra personas obesas 615 0$aHombres con sobrepeso 615 0$aHombres homosexuales 615 0$aOsos (Cultura gay) 676 $a306.76/62 700 $aWhitesel$b Jason$01029795 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480595003321 996 $aFat Gay Men$92446384 997 $aUNINA