Re-framing weight-related stigma: From spoiled identity to macro-social structures

A burgeoning literature explores the putative problem of ‘excess’ weight or fatness, including the management of spoiled identity. A separate literature re-frames health-related stigma with reference to macro-social structures and logics within globalized capitalism. This paper aims to promote further dialogue on such matters among social theorists of health and critics of the war on obesity. To this end, the paper first outlines Goffman’s...