Transgressive Bodies: Representations in Film and Popular Culture
2012; British Psychological Society; Volume: 3; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.53841/bpssex.2012.3.1.107
ISSN2047-1467
Autores Tópico(s)Art, Politics, and Modernism
ResumoContents: Introduction: the 'freak' body: nature versus culture? Part I Hyper-Muscular Bodies: Introduction: extreme bodybuilding 'Wow, Dude! 'You're a monster!' The politics of bigorexia Flex-rated! Hyper-muscular bodies: resistance or erotic spectacle? Part II Fat Bodies: Introduction: fat But it's only a fat suit! Representing 'fake' fat in popularculture 'Watch me grow!': fat admiration, stuffing and feederism. Part III Transsexed Bodies: Introduction: transexuality Finding the voice I want to use: femininity, gentility and TransAmerica Chicks with dicks and hunks with pussies: eroticising the pre-op transsexual body. Part IV Disabled Bodies: Introduction: disability There's something about 'crip' bodies: contemporary representations of disability in the films of the Farrelly brothers and Todd Solondz Becoming whole: amputees, devotees and self-demand amputation Conclusion: strategies of containment? Bibliography Filmography Index.
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