Rekha Nath

eBook, PDF

Why It's OK to Be Fat (eBook, PDF)

Beschreibung

Most of us aren't quite sure: Is it really OK to be fat? In Why It's OK to Be Fat, Rekha Nath convincingly argues conventional views of fatness in Western societies-as a pathology to be fixed or as a moral failing-are ill-conceived.

Technische Details

• Geräte: PC
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• Text-to-Speech
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Autor

Rekha Nath is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama, USA. She works in moral and political philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040094174
• Artikelnr.: 72286610

Rezensionen

"If you recognize Da'Vine Joy Randolph's Golden Globe award as a cultural milestone-but especially if you don't-you need to read this book. Nath wields the tools of political and moral philosophy to analyze the goals of both the body positivity and fat acceptance movements. Her book offers revelatory and insightful analyses of the cultural ideologies that these social movements address. Why It's OK to Be Fat shows readers the extent to which our lives have been shaped by pernicious attitudes and beliefs about fatness, and what we need to do about it. Having grown up in a family in which Yom Kippur marked the day one was supposed to start dieting, I can appreciate how Nath's book identifies the way ideas about body size transform knowledge and meaning." - Laurie J. Shrage, Florida International University, USA