{"product_id":"rebellious-bodies-9781477311806","title":"Rebellious Bodies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring the body politics surrounding stars Melissa McCarthy, Gabourey Sidibe, Peter Dinklage, Danny Trejo, Betty White, and Laverne Cox, this book reveals how non-normative celebrity bodies address cultural anxieties about pressing social and political issues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A highly engaging book that makes a smart and important contribution to star and celebrity studies, and to scholarship on twenty-first-century Hollywood and the cultural politics of identity.\" * Cinema Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Star Bodies and the Politics of Inclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Melissa McCarthy: Class and Corpulence in the Obesity Epidemic Era\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Gabourey Sidibe: Obesity and Postracial Femininity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Peter Dinklage: Meritocracy and the World’s Sexiest Dwarf\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Danny Trejo: Latino Action Stardom and the Shifting Borders of Whiteness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Betty White: Bawdy Grandmas, Aging in America, and “Prefeminist” Fantasies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Conclusion: Laverne Cox, Trans Women, and the Limits of Neoliberal Citizenship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408948470103,"sku":"9781477311806","price":66.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477311806.jpg?v=1730504818","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rebellious-bodies-9781477311806","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}