New Body, new me?: fat women characters in North American fiction, 1976-2013

New Body, new me?: fat women characters in North American fiction, 1976-2013

“New Body, New Me? Fat Women Characters in North American Fiction, 1976-2013” unveils the cultural and literary significance of fictional journeys of fat women characters since the emergence of the fat-acceptance movement in the late 1960s. In doing so, it examines the role of fiction in imagining n...

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Main Author: Green, Michelle
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Overweight women; Margaret Atwood; Lady Oracle; Wally Lamb; She's come undone; Susan Stinson; Venus of chalk; Lionel Shriver; Big brother; American fiction
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/57003/

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