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A review by devinsf
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
From NYUP. It's academic in structure: The intro synopses the work, each chapter can be read standalone, and repeats some previous information for context.
Being unfamiliar with the development and specifics of race science, this book was fascinating and (expectedly) upsetting. The central thesis is that race/eugenics is the missing piece identified in previous critical works on the history of the "slender aesthetic" in western culture. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who is engaged or concerned with physicality; I listened to the audiobook during my morning exercises, and found the combination very engaging!
Being unfamiliar with the development and specifics of race science, this book was fascinating and (expectedly) upsetting. The central thesis is that race/eugenics is the missing piece identified in previous critical works on the history of the "slender aesthetic" in western culture. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who is engaged or concerned with physicality; I listened to the audiobook during my morning exercises, and found the combination very engaging!