Female Bodies on the American Stage: Enter Fat Actress

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.

Author: J. Mobley
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 12/18/2015
Pages: 239
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9781349492114

About the Author
Jennifer-Scott Mobley is Visiting Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Rollins College, USA.