'Fats,' futurity, and the contemporary young adult novel
| Autor: | Michele Byers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
Nutrition and Dietetics Health (social science) Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 030209 endocrinology & metabolism 050109 social psychology Small sample Queer theory Gender Studies 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Embodied cognition Aesthetics Anthropology Reading (process) Happiness 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Narrative Sociology Young adult Futures contract media_common |
| Zdroj: | Fat Studies. 7:159-169 |
| ISSN: | 2160-486X 2160-4851 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/21604851.2017.1373242 |
| Popis: | Fat characters in young adult novels were once cautionary tales. Today, fat embodied characters are not restricted to these old narratives, and alternative avenues through which to imagine futures long denied them are opened up. What possible futures are imaginable within the diegetic constraints of young adult fiction today? A reading of a small sample of recent publications shows that contemporary young adult literature creates new spaces for, and discursive formations through which, fat bodies can be known, even as it remains tethered to a present that is not fully emancipatory. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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