"Nobody Loves a Fat Man": Masculinity and Food in Film Noir

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 387-406

  Forth, Christopher E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

appetite; body and film; fat; fat and film; fat history; film noir; masculinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885406653     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X13502653     Document Type: Article

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