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Rebellious Bodies : Stardom, Citizenship, and the New Body Politics.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (248 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781477311820
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rebellious BodiesDDC classification:
  • 155.2
LOC classification:
  • HM636
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Rebellious Bodies -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Star Bodies and the Politics of Inclusion -- 1. Melissa McCarthy: Class and Corpulence in the Obesity Epidemic Era -- 2. Gabourey Sidibe: Obesity and Postracial Femininity -- 3. Peter Dinklage: Meritocracy and the World's Sexiest Dwarf -- 4. Danny Trejo: Latino Action Stardom and the Shifting Borders of Whiteness -- 5. Betty White: Bawdy Grandmas, Aging in America, and "Prefeminist" Fantasies -- 6. Conclusion: Laverne Cox, Trans Women, and the Limits of Neoliberal Citizenship -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
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Cover -- Rebellious Bodies -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Star Bodies and the Politics of Inclusion -- 1. Melissa McCarthy: Class and Corpulence in the Obesity Epidemic Era -- 2. Gabourey Sidibe: Obesity and Postracial Femininity -- 3. Peter Dinklage: Meritocracy and the World's Sexiest Dwarf -- 4. Danny Trejo: Latino Action Stardom and the Shifting Borders of Whiteness -- 5. Betty White: Bawdy Grandmas, Aging in America, and "Prefeminist" Fantasies -- 6. Conclusion: Laverne Cox, Trans Women, and the Limits of Neoliberal Citizenship -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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