SHAKESPEARE AND SLENDER BODIES
SHAKESPEARE AND SLENDER BODIES
Author(s): Dana PercecSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: anorexic reactions; hypocaloric diets; religious fasting; slender body
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses several plays by Shakespeare, looking in particular at characters who refuse or are refused food for various reasons. The paper tries to interpret these more or less usual fasting practices from a religious, sociological, but also discursive perspective.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2006
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 73-82
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
