Caroline Narby
Biographic Data
| ID | 644484 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Narby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline |
| FAMILY NAME | Narby |
| SIGNATURE | NARBY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wellesley College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
As Big as a House: Representations of the Extremely Fat Woman and the Home
The authors have undertaken an analysis of the extremely fat woman as she is represented in two apparently disparate films: the drama What's Eating Gilbert Grape? and the animated family horror film Monster House. Both films present images of the extremely fat woman as a hybridized “woman-house,” whose identity and body are merged with the physical structure of the house to which she is confined. Drawing upon the work of foundational psychoanalyt…
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As Big as a House: Representations of the Extremely Fat Woman and the Home
The authors have undertaken an analysis of the extremely fat woman as she is represented in two apparently disparate films: the drama What's Eating Gilbert Grape? and the animated family horror film Monster House. Both films present images of the extremely fat woman as a hybridized “woman-house,” whose identity and body are merged with the physical structure of the house to which she is confined. Drawing upon the work of foundational psychoanalyt…
Aesthetics (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Diversity and Impact of Dance (1 works) · Drama (1 works) · Medicine (1 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (1 works) · Monster (1 works) · Obesity and Health Practices (1 works) · Psychic (1 works)