Navigating the fat queer body: the impact of cultural discourses on identity construction and belonging

<p>Dominant discourses about fat bodies construct the fat body as undesirable, a failed thin body, and immoral. Similarly, the culture of the United States constructs the queer body in very particular ways. This thesis explores how normative discourses and ideas about fatness and queerness come together to impact fat queer people's experience with their gender expression. A thematic and discourse analysis of fat queer people's personal narratives shows that fat queer people are impacted by how others view their gender, that finding community can create space for new imaginings of their bodies, and that for some, the most liberatory thing to do is to reject all categorization.</p>

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Women's & Gender Studies

Year dc:date.available

2021

Author dc:creator

• Mulder, Gabriella Ann

• fat studies
• gender identity and expression
• queer studies
• discourse and counterdiscourse
• embodiment

Repository record dc:identifier

https://via.library.depaul.edu/etd/309

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:via.library.depaul.edu:etd-1319