{"product_id":"the-body-positivity-movement-a-story-of-acceptable-fatness-hardcover","title":"The Body Positivity Movement: A Story of 'Acceptable' Fatness - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGemma Lucy Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the 2010s, the body positivity movement experienced a meteoric rise in mainstream recognition. It became a cultural phenomenon, generating celebrities, boosts in industries and a modest body diversity in popular media representation. However, body positivity's celebration was not without critique, as its popularity grew, criticisms relating to the types of bodies that became the focus of body positivity demonstrated the movement's shortcomings and complexities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Body Positivity Movement: A Story of 'Acceptable' Fatness\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the contemporary body positivity movement, its triumphs and its shortcomings. Using memoirs and life writing from activists, body positive advocates, and her own personal recollections, author Gemma Gibson traces body positive activities and practices through the fat activist movement in the UK and North America. \u003cem\u003eThe Body Positive Movement \u003c\/em\u003edemonstrates how body positivity has been an important tool for many fat activists, but also how the movement has been vulnerable to political dilution in mainstream media, advertising and social media.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis research uses an activist perspective to explore body positivity through the lens of fat activism. This thought-provoking work has resonance in Sociology, Cultural Studies, Fat Studies and Women's and Gender Studies. Students, instructors and activists will find \u003cem\u003eThe Body Positivity Movement\u003c\/em\u003e useful for exploring body positivity and popular feminism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGemma Lucy Gibson \u003c\/strong\u003eis a feminist researcher and writer who also teaches in universities. Her research focuses on the social constructions of the body and the embedded stigma within institutions. \u003cem\u003eThe Body Positivity Movement \u003c\/em\u003eis her first monograph and is based on her PhD thesis, which she completed at the Centre for Women's Studies, University of York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53249929085235,"sku":"9781837979387","price":195.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/prkMTr_-D39781837979387.webp?v=1776334582","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-body-positivity-movement-a-story-of-acceptable-fatness-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}