| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 158 pages). |
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text file PDF |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Social fictions series
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Social fictions series.
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| Summary |
"'Low-Fat Love Stories' is a collection of short stories and visual portraits based on interview research with women about a dissatisfying relationship with a romantic partner or relative, or their body image. The stories focus on settling in relationships, the gap between fantasies and realities, relationship patters, divorce, abuse, childhood pain, sprituality, feeling like a fraud, growing older, and daily struggles looking in the mirror. Once upon a time and happily ever after take on new meaning as the women's stories reveal the underside of fairytales and toxic popular culture. Written in the first-person with language taken directly from each woman's interviews, the stories are raw, visceral, and inspirational. As a collection, the stories and art set you on an emotional rollercoaster and illustrate the different forms "low-fat love" may take, and the quest for self-worth in the context of popular culture that tells women they are never enough. The authors developed an original method of "textual visual snapshots" for this book."--Back cover. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 : Introduction -- Popular culture -- Interviews and method -- reading this book -- References -- 2: Leala -- Light my own fire 3: Addison -- Duality -- 4: Valerie -- Emotional contortionist -- :5 Jane -- Pretty -- 6: Tiffany -- Sex drive -- 7: Sherrry -- Drowning -- 8 : Sara -- Tug-of-war -- 9 : Keisha -- Hush -- 10: Eleanor and Mary -- Mirror mirror -- 11: Emma -- Toxic soulmates -- 12: Kayla -- Pieces of myself -- 13: Rachel -- Irreperable damage -- 14: Yael -- Potato chips -- 15: Kate -- Everyone settles -- 16: Crystal -- Strong and Loveable -- 17: Marni -- Breathe -- Further engagement -- Appendix A: A conversation about the method used in this book -- Appendix B: Interview guides -- About the authors. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Self-perception in women.
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Self-perception in women. |
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Self-esteem in women.
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Self-esteem in women. |
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Women -- Attitudes.
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Women -- Attitudes. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Fiction.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Scotti, Victoria, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leavy, Patricia, 1971- Low-fat love stories. Rotterdam, The Netherlands : Sense Publishers, 2017 9463008179 (OCoLC)963361163 |
| ISBN |
9789463008181 (electronic book) |
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9463008187 (electronic book) |
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9463008179 |
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9789463008174 |
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9789463008167 |
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9463008160 |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-94-6300-818-1 |
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