Reading Orwell
Reading Orwell
Nathan Waddell
12. Emptiness, Racism, and Fat Shaming in Burmese Days
23 minutes Posted Feb 11, 2021 at 2:41 pm.
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Orwell's novel Burmese Days (1934) takes a dim view of empire, but is itself deeply prejudiced. This episode considers prejudice at two levels: the racist mentalities of the Orwell's characters, and the novel's own narrative expressions of lookism and fat-shaming.