Book contents
- Obesity in the News
- Obesity in the News
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Way In
- 3 Studying Difference
- 4 Change over Time
- 5 Shaming and Reclaiming
- 6 Healthy Body
- 7 Gendered Discourses of Obesity
- 8 ‘A Disease of the Poor’? Obesity and Social Class
- 9 Going ‘Below-the-Line’
- 10 Conclusion
- References
- Index
5 - Shaming and Reclaiming
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 November 2021
Book contents
- Obesity in the News
- Obesity in the News
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Way In
- 3 Studying Difference
- 4 Change over Time
- 5 Shaming and Reclaiming
- 6 Healthy Body
- 7 Gendered Discourses of Obesity
- 8 ‘A Disease of the Poor’? Obesity and Social Class
- 9 Going ‘Below-the-Line’
- 10 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the use of language and discourse that shames and stigmatises people with obesity and, conversely, that which could be viewed as reclaiming the concept, such as through fat acceptance and body positivity. In particular, the analysis focuses on how people with obesity are named, the characteristics that are attributed to them and the actions that they are represented as performing. This chapter also explores a theme that sits slightly outside of these foci but which emerged during the analysis; that of the ‘obese criminal’.
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- Obesity in the NewsLanguage and Representation in the Press, pp. 119 - 145Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021