The Hidden Lives of Big Beautiful Women

Kotow, Crystal; Friedman, May

This book is a deep dive into the largely unexplored space of BBW “bashes”—multi-day gatherings of fat women and their admirers. Using a range of feminist theories of embodiment and affect, the project is guided by autoethnography and in-depth interviews with twelve participants. Participant experiences are first analyzed with a key focus on experiences that cause grief and disenfranchisement; subsequently, the book looks at experiences that may be radical or revelatory. The book does not seek to either villainize or valorize BBW spaces but instead sheds a bright light on the experience of this cultural subspace and all it may offer to analyses of fat life. 

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2025-05-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783031544552

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-54453-8

Dimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm

Pages: 210.0