Coming out as fat: Rethinking stigma

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-75

  Saguy, Abigail C ^a   Ward, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

coming out; covering; destigmatization strategies; flaunting; stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953661627     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0190272511398190     Document Type: Article

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