A queer and trans fat activist timeline: Queering fat activist nationality and cultural imperialism

Fat Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-74

  Cooper, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Activism; Archive; Blog; Cultural imperialism; Do it yourself; Fat; Queer; Trans; Zine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894040216     PISSN: 21604851     EISSN: 2160486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21604851.2012.627503     Document Type: Article

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