The F-word : how do overweight and obese Malay women experience and cope with fat stigma in Singapore?

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Syarafina Abdul Halim.
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2013
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Social sciences; DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social deviance
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51684

The ideal body is the thin body, while a fat body is considered a deviant one. Women face especially narrowing standards of what kind of body is considered acceptable. It would thus be pertinent to attempt an understanding how women come to terms with fatness and cope with the stigma attached. Howev...