Hunger Games and Body Politics

A former student, Anne Moss, shared with me these links to two (very simplistic) articles that serve as an introduction to the politics of bodies and beauty ideals in the Hunger Games:

http://mobile.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/03/23/jennifer_lawrence_s_body_not_skinny_enough_to_play_katniss_.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/elizabeth-perle/hollywoods-hunger-games_b_1378870.html

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