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.
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Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13
9781137430663
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212202215
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Female Bodies on the American Stage: Enter Fat Actress