Ativismo anti-gordofobia em Pernambuco: reconstrução identitária de pessoas gordas.

Abstract

The research proposes to investigate the dynamics used to construct a new identity for fat people based on the action of the activist groups Sou Plus PE and Gorda Sim, located in the state of Pernambuco, through semi-structured interviews with the founders of these groups. For that, a quick historical review is made about the construction of the image of the fat subject until today, going through debate of beauty, stigmatization of the fat body, cyberactivism, network activism, identities, besides to quoting about the progress of fat activism agenda in the political arena in the state.