Size Matters
Performing (Il)Logical Male Bodies on FatClub.com
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12370065 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tony E Adams (0000-0001-9137-0119, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author), Keith Berry (0000-0002-7399-5462, North-West State Technical University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 308-325 |
| Publication date | 2013-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Text and Performance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-2937 • E-ISSN: 1479-5760 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10462937.2013.818704 |
| OpenAlex | W2023996898 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 30 |
Situated against a pervasive and normative logic suggesting that bodies, and especially thin-and-fit bodies, matter most and ought to be attained, FatClub.com provokes a counterintuitive cultural scene. This virtual ethnography examines how members of the site jointly constitute community through an elaborate system of linguistic and embodied proweight cultural performances. In turn, these performances ecstatically cite, disidentify, and play with normative (gay male) health and beauty ideals. Moreover, they provide an exquisite instantiation of how culture and community are constraining, situated, and relative phenomena
Aesthetics · Beauty · Counterintuitive · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Ethnography · Normative · Situated · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Philosophy · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |