Fat gay men : girth, mirth, and the politics of stigma /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Whitesel, Jason (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York ; London : New York University Press, [2014]
Series:Intersections
Subjects:
Bears (Gay culture)
Gay men.
Stigma (Social psychology)
Physical-appearance-based bias.
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Stereotyping
Homosexuels masculins.
Stigmatisation (Psychologie sociale)
Discrimination fondée sur l'apparence physique.
male homosexuality.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Gay men
Physical-appearance-based bias
Bears.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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