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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.
Published by: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 2014-09-04
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781137430663
DOI: 10.1057/9781137428943
Dimensions: 216cm x140cm
Pages: 239