Fatphobia and the Misrepresentation of Eating Disorders in Hollywood and Streaming Platforms

Fernández Garijo, Cristina
García Mainar, Luis Miguel (dir.)

Universidad de Zaragoza, FFYL, 2024

Graduado en Estudios Ingleses

Abstract: This final dissertation offers an analysis of the representation (or better to be called misrepresentation) of eating disorders and fatphobia in twenty first century films and tv series, relating it to the concept of fatphobia. The texts to be taken as an example in the analysis are: the Netflix series Insatiable (2018) and film To the Bone (2017) and the Pitch Perfect saga, particularly Pitch Perfect 1(2013). The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the portrayal of fat characters and how their development as such is shaped by fatphobia, and illustrate how current audiovisual texts offer an unreal representation of eating disorders, centering the analysis on female characters.

Tipo de Trabajo Académico: Trabajo Fin de Grado