Low-Fat Love Stories

• Main Authors: Leavy, Patricia (Author), Scotti, Victoria (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2017.
• Series: Social Fictions Series
• Subjects: Education.; Education, general.

"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...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Popular Culture
• The Interviews and Method
• Reading this Book
• References
• Leala
• Light My Own Fire
• Addison
• Duality
• Valerie
• The Emotional Contortionist
• Jane
• Pretty
• Tiffany
• Sex Drive
• Sherry
• Drowning
• Sara
• Tug-of-War
• Keisha
• Hush
• Eleanor and Mary
• Mirror Mirror
• Emma
• Toxic Soulmates
• Kayla
• Pieces of Myself
• Rachel
• Irreparable Damage
• Yael
• Potato Chips
• Kate
• Everyone Settles
• Crystal
• Strong and Loveable
• Marni
• Breathe
• Further Engagement
• Appendix A: A Conversation about the Method Used in This Book
• Appendix B: The Interview Guides
• About the Authors.