Body Relationship and the Fat Female Experience
| dc.contributor.advisor | Fudge Schormans, Ann | |
| dc.contributor.author | McCrindle, Katie | |
| dc.contributor.department | Social Work | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-19T12:37:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-19T12:37:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-11-22 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Fat people are subjected to oppression including medical “obesity” rhetoric and fat discrimination which may affect their ability to experience an embodied relationship with their bodies. Aims: The aim of this study was to discover how self-identified fat female-bodied people understand their relationship with their bodies. Methods: Six participants were recruited for semi-structured interviews which were then analyzed in a constant comparative method. Findings: Five themes emerged from the data: dehumanization, acceptance of (the fat) body, empowerment, resistance, and dis<-->embodiment. Relationship with (the fat) body was identified by the participants as fraught with tension in a context that involves considering the positionality of “non-normative’ bodies, the value and importance of community, and a high degree of effort. | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | Master of Social Work (MSW) | en_US |
| dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/24710 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | fat studies, critical disability theory, feminist theory, embodiment, fat oppression, size oppression, dehumanization, acceptance, resistance, empowerment, disembodiment | en_US |
| dc.title | Body Relationship and the Fat Female Experience | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |