Queering Fat Embodiment

Cat Pausé is Lecturer in Human Development and Fat Studies Researcher at Massey University, New Zealand. Jackie Wykes is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Culture and Communications at the University of Melbourne, Australia Samantha Murray is the author of The ’Fat’ Female Body, and co-editor of Somatechnics: Queering the Technologisation of Bodies.

• Queering Fat Embodiment

’Queering Fat Embodiment is the first book to focus on the intersection of queer studies and fat studies, and promises to be a classic in its field. What could be more exciting than discussions of fat and queer fashion, desire, performance, cyberspace, and politics, as well as the fluidity of gender identity, bodies, and sexuality? It’s a great read.’ Esther D. Rothblum, San Diego State University, USA ’Queering Fat Embodiment is an important contribution to the emerging literature of Fat Studies because it restates the necessity for radical critique and makes space for anti-assimilationist activism. The book offers an exciting balance of better-known contributors and fresh new voices and I highly recommend it to anybody interested in developing a critical understanding of fat and obesity.’ Dr Charlotte Cooper, charlottecooper.net, obesitytimebomb.blogspot.co.uk, twitter.com/thebeefer