Fat on Film: Gender, Race and Body Size in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema

Author:   Barbara Plotz (London College of Communication, UAL, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350191662


Pages:   296
Publication Date:   26 August 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Barbara Plotz (London College of Communication, UAL, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.349kg
ISBN:  

9781350191662


ISBN 10:   1350191663
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   26 August 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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List of Figures Series Editors’ Foreword Introduction 1. A Critical Theorization of Fatness 2. The De-Masculinized Fat Male 3. Female Fatness as Non-Normative Femininity 4. The Funny Fat Body: Slapstick and Gross-Out 5. The Fat Eater: Food and Eating 6. The Fat Outsider Conclusion Bibliography Filmography Index

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Barbara Plotz is Associate Lecturer at London College of Communication and she also teaches in the Department of Film Studies at King’s College London, UK. She is a film scholar working at the intersection of film and cultural studies, with a focus on representation, gender, the body, and genre - specifically horror cinema.

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