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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Star Bodies and the Politics of Inclusion 1
5. Chapter One. Melissa McCarthy: Class and Corpulence in the Obesity Epidemic Era 32
6. Chapter two. Gabourey Sidibe: Obesity and Postracial Femininity 62
7. Chapter three. Peter Dinklage: Meritocracy and the World’s Sexiest Dwarf 87
8. Chapter four. Danny Trejo: Latino Action Stardom and the Shifting Borders of Whiteness 115
9. Chapter five. Betty White: Bawdy Grandmas, Aging in America, and “Prefeminist” Fantasies 145
10. Chapter six. Conclusion: Laverne Cox, Trans Women, and the Limits of Neoliberal Citizenship 174
11. Notes 197
12. Selected Bibliography 221
13. Index 229