Rebellious Bodies : : Stardom, Citizenship, and the New Body Politics / / Russell Meeuf.
Celebrity culture today teems with stars who challenge long-held ideas about a “normal” body. Plus-size and older actresses are rebelling against the cultural obsession with slender bodies and youth. Physically disabled actors and actresses are moving beyond the stock roles and stereotypes that once...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Star Bodies and the Politics of Inclusion
- Chapter One. Melissa McCarthy: Class and Corpulence in the Obesity Epidemic Era
- Chapter two. Gabourey Sidibe: Obesity and Postracial Femininity
- Chapter three. Peter Dinklage: Meritocracy and the World’s Sexiest Dwarf
- Chapter four. Danny Trejo: Latino Action Stardom and the Shifting Borders of Whiteness
- Chapter five. Betty White: Bawdy Grandmas, Aging in America, and “Prefeminist” Fantasies
- Chapter six. Conclusion: Laverne Cox, Trans Women, and the Limits of Neoliberal Citizenship
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index