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The hyper(in)visible fat woman : weight and gender discourse in contemporary society /

By: Gailey, Jeannine A, 1976-.
Publisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014Description: x, 217 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781137407160; 9781137407160:; 1137407166.Subject(s): Obesity in women -- North America -- Social spects | Obesity in women -- Social spects -- North America | Body image in women -- North America | Discrimination against overweight persons -- North AmericaDDC classification: 362.1963980082
Contents:
1. Hyper(in)visibility and the Paradox of Fat -- 2. Fighting the Fat Self -- 3. Fixing the Fat Body -- 4. Fit and Fat -- 5. Ample Sex -- 6. Embracing Fat Pride -- 7. Shifting the Focus.
Summary: "In The Hyper(in)visible Fat Woman, Jeannine A. Gailey argues that women of size in North America occupy a paradoxical social position: as "fat" women they receive exceptional (critical) attention, while simultaneously their subjectivity--in terms of their own needs, desires, and lives--is erased. In this way their experience veers painfully between the hypervisible and the hyperinvisible. Gailey seeks to explore this apparent paradox through a multidimensional analysis of in-depth interviews with 74 women of size, focusing on subjects such as dieting, health, sex and dating, and identity with the women's experiences and voices at the forefront. In doing so Gailey highlights the ways some women are able to successfully subvert the dominant discourse. The resulting book fills a significant gap in the literature by emphasizing women's own experiences, and by developing a much-needed conceptual framework for analyzing marginalized bodies"--Summary: Jeannine A. Gailey investigates the interface between fat women's perceptions of their bodies and of the social expectations and judgments placed on them. She explores the phenomenon of 'hyper(in)visibility', the seemingly paradoxical social position of being paid exceptional attention while simultaneously being erased.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-202) and index.

1. Hyper(in)visibility and the Paradox of Fat -- 2. Fighting the Fat Self -- 3. Fixing the Fat Body -- 4. Fit and Fat -- 5. Ample Sex -- 6. Embracing Fat Pride -- 7. Shifting the Focus.

"In The Hyper(in)visible Fat Woman, Jeannine A. Gailey argues that women of size in North America occupy a paradoxical social position: as "fat" women they receive exceptional (critical) attention, while simultaneously their subjectivity--in terms of their own needs, desires, and lives--is erased. In this way their experience veers painfully between the hypervisible and the hyperinvisible. Gailey seeks to explore this apparent paradox through a multidimensional analysis of in-depth interviews with 74 women of size, focusing on subjects such as dieting, health, sex and dating, and identity with the women's experiences and voices at the forefront. In doing so Gailey highlights the ways some women are able to successfully subvert the dominant discourse. The resulting book fills a significant gap in the literature by emphasizing women's own experiences, and by developing a much-needed conceptual framework for analyzing marginalized bodies"--

Jeannine A. Gailey investigates the interface between fat women's perceptions of their bodies and of the social expectations and judgments placed on them. She explores the phenomenon of 'hyper(in)visibility', the seemingly paradoxical social position of being paid exceptional attention while simultaneously being erased.

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