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- Title
Fat Christians and Fit Elites: Negotiating Class and Status in Evangelical Christian Weight-Loss Culture.
- Authors
Gerber, Lynne
- Abstract
The article examines the role of social class in U.S. evangelical Christian weight-loss culture. According to the author, this culture both expresses evangelicals' class aspirations and creates distance from their fears of low-class status. It is suggested that discourses of weight loss reflect struggles for social dominance and privilege. Particular focus is given to discourses surrounding fat Christian leaders and health aesthetics. Details on the class connotations of fundamentalism and body size are presented. Other topics include cultural capital, sin, vanity, and hypocrisy.
- Subjects
UNITED States; WEIGHT loss; EVANGELICAL churches; BODY weight -- Social aspects; HEALTH; SOCIAL classes; CULTURAL capital; CHRISTIANITY; RELIGION
- Publication
American Quarterly, 2012, Vol 64, Issue 1, p61
- ISSN
0003-0678
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/aq.2012.0011