Female Bodies on the American Stage: Enter Fat Actress

Mobley, J.

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.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-09-04

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137430663

DOI: 10.1057/9781137428943

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 239