Charlotte Cooper, a fat activist with more than 30 years experience, lifts the lid on a previously unexplored Social Movement and offers a fresh perspective on one of the major problems of our times.
Cat Paus / Massey University / Co-Editor of Queering Fat Embodiment \'It is in the interest of the ethically and intellectually dubious field of Obesity Research to flatten fat subjects; rendering our voices narrowly defined by punchy rhetoric, our ac.
Anyone interested in the epistemology, ontology, and methodology, (not to mention history) of fat activism should make this a central text of their library.
That is one of the many reasons that Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement is important.
With the ubiquity of the Internet, the historical knowledge and record of activism can be rewritten with 140 characters.
Fat activism is often portrayed as ineffective when in fact its lack of conformity and interdisciplinarity can serve as a model for other Social movements.\' Esther Rothblum / Editor / Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society \'For any civil rights Movement to succeed, it must know its history; to build on its strengths and learn from its mistakes.
She has captured the history of the fat rights movements, interviewed fat activists, and demonstrated the extensive and exciting breadth of fat activism in a global setting.
She takes a penetrating look at activist efforts and self-understandings, eschewing easy praise in favor of discernment that ultimately promises to invigorate the movement.\' Kathleen LeBesco / Marymount Manhattan College (Associate Dean) \'Charlotte Cooper is once again in the vanguard of Radical Social change with this book about fat activism.
Cooper draws on extensive interviews with fat activists to render a trenchant analysis of our field of motion. \'Charlotte Cooper\'s fierce new book Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement should be required reading for scholars and activists.
The book is the result of Charlotte\'s community-based doctoral research.
In her expansive, intelligent grassroots study she: - Reveals details of fat activist methods and approaches - Features extensive accounts of fat activist historical roots going back over four decades - Explores controversies and tensions in the Movement - Shows that fat activism is an undeniably feminist and queer phenomenon Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement is a rare instance of fat people speaking about their lives and politics on their own terms.
Charlotte Cooper, a fat activist with more than 30 years experience, lifts the lid on a previously unexplored Social Movement and offers a fresh perspective on one of the major problems of our times
