University of Maryland, USA.
Health (London). 2022 Sep;26(5):605-621. doi: 10.1177/13634593211046844. Epub 2021 Sep 15.
In this article, we use qualitative methodology to explore how eight physically active Black women, who self-identify as "obese," understand and experience health and physical activity, as well as how they position themselves in relation to discourses pertaining to "obesity" and Black femininity. Drawing on Foucauldian-informed critical obesity scholarship and Black feminist thought, we explore the ways in which physically active Black women concurrently resist, reproduce, and navigate racialized and gendered obesity discourse. Our findings advance critical obesity scholarship as we indicate that participants simultaneously adapt to, negotiate, and resist obesity discourse by re-defining health, questioning the BMI, and centering their desire for corporeal "thickness" as critical to their identity as Black women.
在本文中，我们采用定性方法探讨了八位自认为“肥胖”的身体活跃的黑人女性如何理解和体验健康和身体活动，以及她们如何在与“肥胖”和黑人女性气质相关的话语中定位自己。借鉴受福柯思想启发的批判性肥胖研究和黑人女性主义思想，我们探讨了身体活跃的黑人女性如何同时抵制、复制和驾驭种族和性别化的肥胖话语。我们的研究结果推进了批判性肥胖研究，因为我们表明参与者通过重新定义健康、质疑 BMI，并将对身体“丰满”的渴望作为其黑人女性身份的关键，同时适应、协商和抵制肥胖话语。
