Add to ORKGFat representation of female heroines in young adult literature generally centers around the protagonist’s struggle to accept her body or situates her body as vehicle for the message of body positivity. Both alternatives keep the narrative focus on the body, defining it as the most important part of the character. This essay examines in depth the pitfalls of fat representation by deconstructing Jennifer Niven’s 2016 Holding up the Universe and comparing to a more commendable more portrayal of fat representation in Rainbow Rowell’s 2012 Eleanor and Park. In particular, this essay focuses on the fallacies of the body positivity movement, the correlation between the male gaze and body acceptance, the intersectionality of body image and privile...
In this compelling essay, Hannah Jones posits that the physical bodies of overweight females are int...
54 pagesContemporary Romance, while building on a foundation of traditional Romantic idealism, is of...
Many studies have examined gender issues in children’s literature, but a review of the literature re...
With the findings of Wood-Barcalow, Tylka, and Augustus-Horwath (2009) as a framework, this essay of...
With campaigns like We Need Diverse Books (Mabbott, 2017), readers and authors of young adult litera...
This dissertation focuses on representations, histories, and personal accounts of fat women’s bodies...
This piece discusses my personal struggles with my weight as an obese woman, but also addresses comm...
“New Body, New Me? Fat Women Characters in North American Fiction, 1976-2013” unveils the cultural a...
In this study, I pushed to understand the presence and purpose of fat children in children’s literat...
How our young readers react to the books they read can say a lot about the way that young adult lite...
...there are significant differences between the characterizations of Chick Lit and Bigger Girl Lit ...
How can the fields of fat studies and girlhood studies inform each other in literary analysis? In th...
Investigating the current interest in obesity and fatness, this book explores the problems and ambig...
This thesis examines the roots of the representation of fat women in the popularised body positivity...
For many adolescent girls growing up in a contemporary American society, a secure body image is diff...
In this compelling essay, Hannah Jones posits that the physical bodies of overweight females are int...
54 pagesContemporary Romance, while building on a foundation of traditional Romantic idealism, is of...
Many studies have examined gender issues in children’s literature, but a review of the literature re...
With the findings of Wood-Barcalow, Tylka, and Augustus-Horwath (2009) as a framework, this essay of...
With campaigns like We Need Diverse Books (Mabbott, 2017), readers and authors of young adult litera...
This dissertation focuses on representations, histories, and personal accounts of fat women’s bodies...
This piece discusses my personal struggles with my weight as an obese woman, but also addresses comm...
“New Body, New Me? Fat Women Characters in North American Fiction, 1976-2013” unveils the cultural a...
In this study, I pushed to understand the presence and purpose of fat children in children’s literat...
How our young readers react to the books they read can say a lot about the way that young adult lite...
...there are significant differences between the characterizations of Chick Lit and Bigger Girl Lit ...
How can the fields of fat studies and girlhood studies inform each other in literary analysis? In th...
Investigating the current interest in obesity and fatness, this book explores the problems and ambig...
This thesis examines the roots of the representation of fat women in the popularised body positivity...
For many adolescent girls growing up in a contemporary American society, a secure body image is diff...
In this compelling essay, Hannah Jones posits that the physical bodies of overweight females are int...
54 pagesContemporary Romance, while building on a foundation of traditional Romantic idealism, is of...
Many studies have examined gender issues in children’s literature, but a review of the literature re...