Andrea Elizabeth Shaw: 1 book
The Embodiment of Disobedience
Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2006
Despite the West's privileging of slenderness as an aesthetic ideal, the African Diaspora has historically displayed a resistance to the Western European and North American indulgence in 'fat anxiety.' The Embodiment of Disobedience explores the ways in which the African Diaspora has rejected the...
