Fatness as a disability: Questions of personal and group identity

Disability and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-243

  Chan, Nathan Kai Cheong ^a   Gillick, Allison C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability identity; Fat; Fat identity; Fatness as a disability; Fatness as voluntary or involuntary acts

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249216646     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590802652520     Document Type: Article

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