LEADER 05463nam 2200673 450 001 9910459955903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a94-6209-992-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-6209-992-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000360483 035 $a(EBL)1998149 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001452229 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11834528 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001452229 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11478922 035 $a(PQKB)10627325 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-6209-992-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3035045 035 $a(OCoLC)904334563 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789462099920 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3035045 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11029130 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL764180 035 $a(OCoLC)905400295 035 $a(PPN)184496241 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1998149 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1998149 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000360483 100 $a20150321h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLow-fat love /$fPatricia Leavy 205 $aExpanded anniversary edition. 210 1$aRotterdam, Netherlands :$cSense Publishers,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 225 1 $aSocial Fictions Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-6209-991-X 311 $a94-6209-990-1 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Chapter 18 -- Afterword -- Q&A -- Classroom Use -- About the Author. 330 $aLow-Fat Love unfolds over three seasons as Prilly Greene and Janice Goldwyn, adversarial editors at a New York press, experience personal change relating to the men, and absence of women, in their lives. Ultimately, each woman is pushed to confront her own image of herself, exploring her insecurities, the stagnation in her life, and her reasons for having settled for low-fat love. Along with Prilly and Janice, the cast of characters? stories are interwoven throughout the book. Low-Fat Love is underscored with a commentary about female identity-building and self-acceptance and how, too often, women become trapped in limited visions of themselves. Women?s media is used as a signpost throughout the book in order to make visible the context in which women come to think of themselves as well as the men and women in their lives. In this respect, Low-Fat Love offers a critical commentary about popular culture and the social construction of femininity. Grounded in a decade of interview research with young women and written in a fun, chick-lit voice, the novel can be read for pleasure or used as supplemental reading in a variety of courses in women?s/gender studies, sociology, psychology, popular culture, media studies, communication, qualitative research, and arts-based research. ?Sometimes, when I read an especially wonderful book I say to myself, ?I wish I had written that!? And that is how I feel about Low-Fat Love. To write a page-turner of a book that teaches about contemporary gender relationships is a major feat. Patricia Leavy has done that with Low-Fat Love. Brilliant!? Laurel Richardson, Ph.D., The Ohio State University ?Patricia Leavy writes with passion, verve and skill. I will use this in my relational communication and women?s studies classes because it is beautiful, relatable, and offers smart critique of how pop-culture?s expectations for intimate relationships often lets us down. Leavy offers readers a way to think through their close relationships and demand better of themselves and others.? Sandra L. Faulkner, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University ?I couldn?t put it down! Low-Fat Love is a remarkable novel that every women?s studies class and interpersonal class would do well to read. The title is indicative of the search for meaningful, deep, enriching relationships beyond the artificial, low-fat love that is all too pervasive in society today. I wholeheartedly recommend this book.? Robin Patric Clair, Ph.D., Purdue University ?Low-Fat Love is absolutely brilliant. This new edition is a must-read for anyone who has lived, loved, dreamed, and at times, settled for less than what we deserve ? in other words, this is a book for everyone.? Anne Harris, Ph.D., Monash University and Australian Research Fellow in Creativity and Arts in Education Patricia Leavy, Ph.D., is an internationally known independent scholar and novelist. She has published eighteen books including Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice and Fiction as a Research Practice. She was named the 2010 New England Sociologist of the Year by the New England Sociological Association and received the prestigious 2014 Special Achievement Award from the American Creativity Association. www.patricialeavy.com. 410 0$aSocial fictions series. 606 $aFemininity 606 $aFeminism$xSocial aspects 615 0$aFemininity. 615 0$aFeminism$xSocial aspects. 676 $a155.333 700 $aLeavy$b Patricia$0824761 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459955903321 996 $aLow-fat love$92487049 997 $aUNINA