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Fat Gay Men: Girth, Mirth, and the Politics of Stigma (Intersections: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Genders and Sexualities)
Jason Whitesel
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Description for Fat Gay Men: Girth, Mirth, and the Politics of Stigma (Intersections: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Genders and Sexualities)
Paperback.
To be fat in a thin-obsessed gay culture
can be difficult. Despite affectionate in-group monikers for big gay men–chubs,
bears, cubs–the anti-fat stigma that persists in American culture at large
still haunts these individuals who often exist at the margins of gay
communities. In Fat Gay Men, Jason
Whitesel delves into the world of Girth & Mirth, a nationally known social
club dedicated to big gay men, illuminating the ways in which these men form
identities and community in the face of adversity. In existence for over forty
years, the club has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814724125
SKU
V9780814724125
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About Jason Whitesel
Jason Whitesel is Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies at Illinois State University and the author Fat Gay Men: Girth, Mirth, and the Politics of Stigma.
Reviews for Fat Gay Men: Girth, Mirth, and the Politics of Stigma (Intersections: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Genders and Sexualities)
[A]n interesting look at how a doubly marginalized population negotiates and reconstructs stigma by coming together to perform ritualistic acts in order to regain a consciousness of normalcy in their lives. Its an important source for understanding the subjective experience of being fat, suffering as an interactive experience, and the reactive comportment to size discrimination in gay society.
Communication ... Read more
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