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Fat Gay Men : Girth, Mirth, and the Politics of Stigma / / Jason Whitesel



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Autore: Whitesel Jason Visualizza persona
Titolo: Fat Gay Men : Girth, Mirth, and the Politics of Stigma / / Jason Whitesel Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (188 p.)
Disciplina: 306.76/62
Soggetto topico: Bears (Gay culture) - United States
Discrimination against overweight persons - United States
Overweight persons - United States
Physical-appearance-based bias - United States
Gay men - United States
Gay Studies
Stigma (Social psychology)
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Sociology
Bears (Gay culture)
Sesgo basado en la apariencia personal - Estados Unidos
Discriminación contra personas obesas - Estados Unidos
Hombres con sobrepeso - Estados Unidos
Hombres homosexuales - Estados Unidos
Osos (Cultura gay) - Estados Unidos
Classificazione: SOC026000SOC012000SOC002010
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: "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.
Titolo autorizzato: Fat Gay Men  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-2390-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910786413803321
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Serie: Intersections: Transdisciplinary Perspectives