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Female Bodies on the American Stage: Enter Fat Actress J. Mobley 1st ed. 2014 edition
Female Bodies on the American Stage: Enter Fat Actress
J. Mobley
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.
239 pages, XII, 239 p.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 18, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781349492114 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 239 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 294 g |