| dc.contributor.author | Davis, Carol Whipple | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-01-27T21:17:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-01-27T21:17:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1989-07-01 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11244/14152 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study is concerned with the meaning of being fat in a culture that values thinness as the ideal body type. Being fat can be seen as a form of social deviance. Possessing the stigma of obesity creates many possibilities in the negotiation of this spoiled identity. The primary object of this study is to describe the meaning of being fat in American culture. A qualitative analysis of the self-reports of individuals who possess the stigma of obesity will be undertaken to ascertain any prevalent generic processes associated with stigma negotiation. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Oklahoma State University | |
| dc.rights | Copyright is held by the author who has granted the Oklahoma State University Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its institutional repository. Contact Digital Library Services at lib-dls@okstate.edu or 405-744-9161 for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material. | |
| dc.title | Being Fat in a Thin Culture | |
| dc.type | text | |
| osu.filename | Thesis-1989-D261b.pdf | |
| osu.accesstype | Open Access | |
| dc.description.department | Sociology | |
| dc.type.genre | Thesis | |
