Barbara Plotz
Biographic Data
| ID | 644487 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Plotz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Plotz |
| SIGNATURE | PLOTZ B |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Why is your body a different shape?” fatness and masculinity in the superhero film
In recent decades, American superhero films, and with them often very traditional constructs of masculinity, have become omnipresent in cinemas worldwide. This article examines a specific type of male representation, male fatness, in two examples of the genre, Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). The author argues that in both films the fat male character is depicted as demasculinized, thereby standing in a tradit…
Paul Blart and the Decline of White Working-Class Masculinities
The author examines the representation of fatness in the comedy Paul Blart and how anxieties about the decline of White working-class masculinities are played out on the fat male body. The film relies on the stereotype of the fat male as demasculinized and bases a large part of its comedy on this. Yet, due to a need to mollify anxieties of contemporary masculinities, the fat protagonist is allowed to transform his undervalued job into an honorabl…
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Paul Blart and the Decline of White Working-Class Masculinities
The author examines the representation of fatness in the comedy Paul Blart and how anxieties about the decline of White working-class masculinities are played out on the fat male body. The film relies on the stereotype of the fat male as demasculinized and bases a large part of its comedy on this. Yet, due to a need to mollify anxieties of contemporary masculinities, the fat protagonist is allowed to transform his undervalued job into an honorabl…
“Why is your body a different shape?” fatness and masculinity in the superhero film
In recent decades, American superhero films, and with them often very traditional constructs of masculinity, have become omnipresent in cinemas worldwide. This article examines a specific type of male representation, male fatness, in two examples of the genre, Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). The author argues that in both films the fat male character is depicted as demasculinized, thereby standing in a tradit…
Gender Studies (2 works) · Masculinity (2 works) · Obesity and Health Practices (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Ambiguity (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (1 works)