Fat Spirit: Obesity, Religion, and Sapphmammibel in Contemporary Black Film

Autor:	LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Black women Nutrition and Dietetics Health (social science) Social Psychology business.industry Character (symbol) Gender studies Popularity Gender Studies Movie theater Aesthetics Anthropology Spiritual transformation Sociology business
Zdroj:	Fat Studies. 2:56-69
ISSN:	2160-486X 2160-4851
Popis:	The author identifies the features of black, fat drag, comedy-drama films, and describes a disturbing trend within American cinema between 2000 and 2009 in which male comedians (Martin Lawrence, Eddie Murphy, and Tyler Perry) don intricately designed fat suits to portray “overweight” black women. Despite their billion-dollar financial success, these films are largely unexamined because of their popularity among black audiences. The article also introduces “sapphmammibel,” the composite character of sapphire, mammy, and jezebel featured in these films, and contends that as the hybridized image of the fat black woman, the sapphmammibel, and her connection to spiritual transformation is a key transacting figure.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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