Fat Gay Men

Download or Read eBook Fat Gay Men PDF written by Jason Whitesel and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Fat Gay Men
Author :
Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 188
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780814708385
ISBN-13 : 0814708382
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Fat Gay Men by : Jason Whitesel

Book excerpt: To be fat in a thin-obsessed gay culture can be difficult. Despite affectionate in-group monikers for big gay men–chubs, bears, cubs–the anti-fat stigma that persists in American culture at large still haunts these individuals who often exist at the margins of gay communities. In Fat Gay Men, Jason Whitesel delves into the world of Girth & Mirth, a nationally known social club dedicated to big gay men, illuminating the ways in which these men form identities and community in the face of adversity. In existence for over forty years, the club has long been a refuge and ‘safe space’ for such men. Both a partial insider as a gay man and an outsider to Girth & Mirth, Whitesel offers an insider’s critique of the gay movement, questioning whether the social consequences of the failure to be height-weight proportionate should be so extreme in the gay community. This book documents performances at club events and examines how participants use allusion and campy-queer behavior to reconfigure and reclaim their sullied body images, focusing on the numerous tensions of marginalization and dignity that big gay men experience and how they negotiate these tensions via their membership to a size-positive group. Based on ethnographic interviews and in-depth field notes from more than 100 events at bar nights, café klatches, restaurants, potlucks, holiday bashes, pool parties, movie nights, and weekend retreats, the book explores the woundedness that comes from being relegated to an inferior position in gay hierarchies, and yet celebrates how some gay men can reposition the shame of fat stigma through carnival, camp, and play. A compelling and rich narrative, Fat Gay Men provides a rare glimpse into an unexplored dimension of weight and body image in American culture.


Fat Gay Men Related Books

Fat Gay Men
Language: en
Pages: 188
Authors: Jason Whitesel
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-25 - Publisher: NYU Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

To be fat in a thin-obsessed gay culture can be difficult. Despite affectionate in-group monikers for big gay men–chubs, bears, cubs–the anti-fat stigma tha
Hunger
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Roxane Gay
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-13 - Publisher: HarperCollins

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while ta
Gay Men Don't Get Fat
Language: en
Pages: 183
Authors: Simon Doonan
Categories: Humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-05 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Simon Doonan knows that when it comes to style, the gays are the chosen people. A second anthropological truth comes to him midway through a turkey burger with
Nothing Ever Happens
Language: en
Pages: 321
Authors: Sue Brown
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-07-19 - Publisher: One Hat Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This isn’t a romance of easy solutions. It’s a love story between two men who should never have come together. In Andrew’s world, nothing much happens. Hi
Shut Up Skinny Bitches!
Language: en
Pages: 164
Authors: Greg Archer
Categories: Health & Fitness
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08 - Publisher: NorlightsPress

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Shut Up Skinny Bitches! offers a compassionate, engaging alternative to the extreme, rigid mentality found in many self-help, diet, and health books. Blending h