How to Cite
Sprenger, Audrey. 2010. “Platter Licked Clean: Social Inequalities in America”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/platter-licked-clean-social-inequalities-in-america.
Abstract
This course explores how body weight is an indicator of social status in the United States. It is divided into four parts: starving, eating, binging and purging. - We will start by considering how the body is used as a vehicle for performance and parody, focusing specifically on the history of the blackface and the fat suit in Hollywood movies. This...Download this resource to see full details. Download this resource to see full details.
Details
- Subject Area(s):
- Cultural Sociology
- Resource Type(s):
- Syllabus
- Class Level(s):
- College 200
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