Fat Studies

Fat Studies: The Basics introduces the reading of fat bodies and the ways that Fat Studies has responded to waves of ideas about fat people, their lives, and choices. It is a lively and accessible foundation for students of Gender Studies, Sociology, Psychology, and Media Studies.

May Friedman is a Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada. Her research explores Fat Studies and unstable identities.

1. Introduction 2. How Fat Hurts 3. Choosing Fat? 4. Toward Death and Debility? 5. Fat and Popular Culture 6. Intersecting Fat 7. Fat Activisms and Fat Revolution