Publication: Gordofobia, derecho y cuerpos disidentes: una mirada comparada sociojurídica entre Francia y España
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Collantes Sánchez, Beatriz
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Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones
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https://doi.org/10.6018/sh.669331
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This article examines fatphobia as a form of structural violence at the intersection of law, health, and culture, through a comparative analysis of France and Spain. Drawing on a theoretical framework that brings together biopower (Foucault), feminist and decolonial critiques of the body (Bordo; Strings; Vergès; Moreno Figueroa), and the notions of stigma (Goffman) and bodily/erotic capital (Bourdieu; Moreno Pestaña), I argue that law operates as a somatocratic technology: by adopting weight-centric biomedical parameters (e.g., BMI), it legitimizes the exclusion of fat bodies in employment and healthcare settings. Methodology: documentary analysis of legislation and public policies, and a selective review of case law and institutional reports (FR/ES). Findings: (i) both legal systems rely on general equality principles and lack explicit recognition of fatphobia as a protected category; (ii) in France, the category “physical appearance” and the role of the Défenseur des droits have fostered a nascent institutionalization of the issue; (iii) in Spain, sporadic jurisprudential advances coexist with regulatory gaps. Conclusion: a bodily justice agenda is proposed, including the legal recognition of fatphobia as a ground of discrimination, the revision of exclusionary bodily requirements, and legal education with an intersectional approach.
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Sociología Histórica (2026), Vol. 16, núm. 1, pp. 570-597
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