LEADER 03679nam 2200481 450 001 9910811418403321 005 20230126215049.0 010 $a1-4773-1182-3 024 7 $a10.7560/311806 035 $a(CKB)3710000001086651 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4826330 035 $a(DE-B1597)587104 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781477311820 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001086651 100 $a20180226h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aRebellious bodies $estardom, citizenship, and the new body politics /$fRussell Meeuf 210 1$aAustin, Texas :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (237 pages) 311 $a1-4773-1180-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: Star Bodies and the Politics of Inclusion -- $tChapter One. Melissa McCarthy: Class and Corpulence in the Obesity Epidemic Era -- $tChapter two. Gabourey Sidibe: Obesity and Postracial Femininity -- $tChapter three. Peter Dinklage: Meritocracy and the World?s Sexiest Dwarf -- $tChapter four. Danny Trejo: Latino Action Stardom and the Shifting Borders of Whiteness -- $tChapter five. Betty White: Bawdy Grandmas, Aging in America, and ?Prefeminist? Fantasies -- $tChapter six. Conclusion: Laverne Cox, Trans Women, and the Limits of Neoliberal Citizenship -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aCelebrity culture today teems with stars who challenge long-held ideas about a ?normal? body. Plus-size and older actresses are rebelling against the cultural obsession with slender bodies and youth. Physically disabled actors and actresses are moving beyond the stock roles and stereotypes that once constrained their opportunities. Stars of various races and ethnicities are crafting new narratives about cultural belonging, while transgender performers are challenging our culture?s assumptions about gender and identity. But do these new players in contemporary entertainment media truly signal a new acceptance of body diversity in popular culture? Focusing on six key examples?Melissa McCarthy, Gabourey Sidibe, Peter Dinklage, Danny Trejo, Betty White, and Laverne Cox?Rebellious Bodies examines the new body politics of stardom, situating each star against a prominent cultural anxiety about bodies and inclusion, evoking issues ranging from the obesity epidemic and the rise of postracial rhetoric to disability rights, Latino/a immigration, an aging population, and transgender activism. Using a wide variety of sources featuring these celebrities?films, TV shows, entertainment journalism, and more?to analyze each one?s media persona, Russell Meeuf demonstrates that while these stars are promoted as examples of a supposedly more inclusive industry, the reality is far more complex. Revealing how their bodies have become sites for negotiating the still-contested boundaries of cultural citizenship, he uncovers the stark limitations of inclusion in a deeply unequal world. 606 $aHuman body in popular culture 606 $aHuman body$xSocial aspects 606 $aHuman body in mass media 615 0$aHuman body in popular culture. 615 0$aHuman body$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aHuman body in mass media. 676 $a155.2 700 $aMeeuf$b Russell$f1981-$01656786 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811418403321 996 $aRebellious bodies$94037787 997 $aUNINA