
Female Bodies on the American Stage
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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.
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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.
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