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Sabrina Strings’ *Fearing the Black Body* examines the historical roots of fat phobia against black women, showing that the fear began more than two hundred years ago during the Enlightenment, when fatness was linked to savagery and racial inferiority. By weaving academic writings, artistic depictions, and medical literature, the book demonstrates how the contemporary ideal of slenderness is deeply racialized. Strings argues that the medical crusade against obesity actually reinforced existing racial and class prejudices, using the body as proof of inferiority. The work offers a critical perspective on how obesity, racism, and gender intersect in American social conditions.
First publish date: 2019
Genre: Health & Medicine/Women's Health
Authors: Sabrina Strings
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