Stocky bodies: Fat visual activism

Fat Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-209

  Gurrieri, Lauren ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bodies; Fat; Fat activism; Representation; Visual culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948654785     PISSN: 21604851     EISSN: 2160486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21604851.2013.779554     Document Type: Article

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