Things I Learned From Fat People on the Plane. Issue 3 (2nd September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dark, Kimberly
• Is Part Of: Fat studies. Volume 8:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 299
• Page End: 319
• Publication Date: 2019-09-02
• Subjects: Fat stigma -- movement -- air travel -- exercise -- nudity -- autoethnography -- arts-based research; Obesity -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Obesity -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Overweight persons -- Periodicals; Body weight -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; 362.196398
• DOI: 10.1080/21604851.2019.1554407
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2160-4851

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The body that doesn't fit in normative spaces—like airplane seats, classroom chairs, life jackets, and aisles—is constantly performing "annoying excess." Even stories about the stigma fat bodies endure can be seen as excessive, but having them amplified on stage creates both discomfort and profound learning in audience members. This performance piece explores the impact of the "performing excess" in public spaces.