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OverviewOver the last two decades, fatness has become the focus of ubiquitous negative rhetoric, in the USA and beyond, presented under the cover of the medicalized ‘‘war against the obesity epidemic’’. In Fat on Film, Barbara Plotz provides a critical analysis of the cinematic representation of fatness during this timeframe, specifically in contemporary Hollywood cinema, with an emphasis on the intersection of gender, race and fatness. The analysis is based on around 50 films released since 2000 and includes examples such as Transformers (2007), Precious (2009), Kung Fu Panda (2008), Paul Blart (2009) and Pitch Perfect (2012).Plotz maps the common cinematic tropes of fatness and also shows how commonplace notions of fatness that are part of the current ‘‘obesity epidemic’’ discourse are reflected in these tropes. In this original study, Plotz brings critical attention to the politics of fat representation, a topic that has so far received little attention within film and cinema studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Barbara Plotz (London College of Communication, UAL, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 0.494kg ISBN: 9781350114586ISBN 10: 1350114588 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 20 February 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Figures Series Editors’ Foreword Introduction 1. A Critical Theorization of Fatness 2. The De-Masculinized Fat Male 3. Female Fatness as Non-Normative Femininity 4. The Funny Fat Body: Slapstick and Gross-Out 5. The Fat Eater: Food and Eating 6. The Fat Outsider Conclusion Bibliography Filmography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationBarbara Plotz is Associate Lecturer at London College of Communication and she also teaches in the Department of Film Studies at King’s College London, UK. She is a film scholar working at the intersection of film and cultural studies, with a focus on representation, gender, the body, and genre - specifically horror cinema. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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