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The embodiment of disobedience : fat black women's unruly political bodies / Andrea Elizabeth Shaw.
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Title:The embodiment of disobedience : fat black women's unruly political bodies / Andrea Elizabeth Shaw.
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Author/Creator:Shaw Nevins, Andrea, 1965-
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Published/Created:Lanham, MD ; Toronto : Lexington Books, ©2006.
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Location:
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Temporarily shelved at OKANAGAN LIBRARY reserve collectionWhere is this?
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Call Number: E185.86 .S52 2006
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Number of Items:1
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Status:c.1 In transit to 10-04-2023
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Location:
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Temporarily shelved at OKANAGAN LIBRARY reserve collectionWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:African American women.
Women, Black.
African diaspora.
Body image--Cross-cultural studies.
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Description:x, 151 p. ; 23 cm.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:9780739114865 (cloth : alk. paper)
0739114867 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780739114872 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0739114875 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Contents:Introduction : fatness and Blackness : a compelling coincidence of erasure
1. Reshaping identity
2. anatomy of sexual unruliness
3. Bodily abundance
4. Spectacles of size : performing bodies of fat Black women
Conclusion : consumption and control : the "epidemic" of fatness.