Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
Sabrina Strings • New York University Press • ISBN-13 978‑1479886753
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
Sabrina Strings • New York University Press
ISBN-10: 1479886750 · ISBN-13: 978‑1479886753 · 2019
Live offer for this book: 57 live copies of this book from $15 (as of 2026-09-09).
Dimensions: 9 in × 6 in × 0.6 in; 14.4 Oz
Canonical book record
Completeness 51
Cover quality: good
2manybooks editorial
Sabrina Strings examines the historical racialization of the female body, tracing the origins of fat phobia from the Enlightenment era to contemporary medical discourse. By analyzing art, literature, and scientific texts, the author demonstrates how the stigmatization of Black women emerged not from health concerns, but from colonial ideologies linking fatness to racial inferiority and savagery.
Book metadata
Marketplace observations
57 live copies of this book from $15 (as of 2026-09-09).
Contributors
Community tags
Inferred themes
Machine-inferred from catalog text. Not verified subjects.
Community signals
Have: 9 · Like: 8 · Rating: 3.4 / 5 (10)
Current asking prices
Lowest
$36
Median
$42
Highest
$49
Community comments
0 likes • 0 comments
Log in to like this book and join the discussion.
Loading comments…
Editions and similar books
Related titles. These are other books, not live offers for Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia.
Caste (Young Adults)
,
Giovanni's Room: Introduction by Colm Tóibín
Heads of the Colored People: Stories
The Power of Communion with 40-Day Prayer Journey (Leather Gift Version): Accessing Miracles Through the Body and Blood of Jesus
,
By the Light of My Father's Smile: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist
All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope--and Hard Pills to Swallow--About Making Black Lives Matter
Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night
Suggest catalog improvements
Log in to submit metadata updates for this book.