Beschreibung:
The fat female body is a unique construction in American culture that has been understood in various ways during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Analyzing post-WWII stage and screen performances, Mobley argues that the fat actress's body signals myriad cultural assumptions and suggests new ways of reading the body in performance.
The fat female body is a unique construction in American culture that has been understood in various ways during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Analyzing post-WWII stage and screen performances, Mobley argues that the fat actress's body signals myriad cultural assumptions and suggests new ways of reading the body in performance.
Introduction 1. The Body as a Cultural Text PART I: FAT DRAMATURGIES 2. Fat Center Stage 3. Fat Love Stories 4. Monsters, Man-eaters, and Fat Behavior PART II: FAT SUBJECTIVITIES 5. Bodies Violating Boundaries 6. Fat Black Miscegenation 7. Queering Fat 8. Fat-Face Minstrelsy PART III: RECLAIMING FAT 9. Dangerous Curves 10. Enter Fat Actress