Low-fat love stories / Patricia Leavy and Victoria Scotti.
Leavy, Patricia, 1971- author; Scotti, Victoria, author
2017
RA778 .L43 2017eb
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Title Low-fat love stories / Patricia Leavy and Victoria Scotti.
Author Leavy, Patricia, 1971- author
ISBN 9789463008181 (electronic book)
9463008187 (electronic book)
9463008179
9789463008174
9789463008167
9463008160
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-818-1
Published Rotterdam, The Netherlands : Sense Publishers, 2017.
Copyright ©2017
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxii, 158 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-94-6300-818-1 doi
Call Number RA778 .L43 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 613.04244
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.
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Added Author Scotti, Victoria, author
Series Social fictions series.
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Preface
Acknowledgements
1 : Introduction
Popular culture
The interviews and method
reading this book
References
2: Leala
Light my own fire 3: Addison
Duality
4: Valerie
The 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: The interview guides
About the authors.

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