“Fats,” futurity, and the contemporary young adult novel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19002245 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michele Byers (0000-0002-2234-335X, Saint Mary's University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-169 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Fat Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2160-486X • E-ISSN: 2160-4851 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21604851.2017.1373242 |
| OpenAlex | W2767458642 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
Fat characters in young adult novels were once cautionary tales. Today, fat embodied characters are not restricted to these old narratives, and alternative avenues through which to imagine futures long denied them are opened up. What possible futures are imaginable within the diegetic constraints of young adult fiction today? A reading of a small sample of recent publications shows that contemporary young adult literature creates new spaces for, and discursive formations through which, fat bodies can be known, even as it remains tethered to a present that is not fully emancipatory
Aesthetics · Art · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Futures contract · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Sociology · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |