Bibliograph

Hunger, a memoir of (my) body, Roxane Gay

Type

Label

Hunger, a memoir of (my) body, Roxane Gay

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hunger

Oclc number

918590664

Responsibility statement

Roxane Gay

Sub title

a memoir of (my) body

Summary

Gay has written about food and bodies, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure, consumption, appearance, and health. As a woman who describes her own body as 'wildly undisciplined,' Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial, between self-comfort and self-care. In Hunger, she casts an insightful and critical eye on her childhood, teens, and twenties—including the devastating act of violence that acted as a turning point in her young life—and brings readers into the present and the realities, pains, and joys of her daily life

Target audience

general

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