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

• 主要作者: Syarafina Abdul Halim.
• 其他作者: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• 格式: Final Year Project
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2013
• 主題: DRNTU::Social sciences; DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social deviance
• 在線閱讀: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51684
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

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...