YoungGiftedandFat: An Autoethnography of Size, Sexuality, and Privilege

by Sharrell Luckett and Sharrell D. Luckett

Book Overview

YoungGiftedandFat is a critical autoethnography of "performing thin"- on the stage and in life. Sharrell D. Luckett's story of weight loss and gain and playing the (beautiful, desirable, thin) leading lady showcases an innovative and interdisciplinary approach to issues of weight and self-esteem, performance, race, and gender. Sharrell structures her project with creative text, interviews, testimony, journal entries, dialogues, monologues, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138038326
• ISBN13: 9781138038325
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"