An Autoethnography of Fitting In: On Spinsterhood, Fatness, and Backpacker Tourism

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
1 INTRODUCTION
	Prologue: Dragons
	On Writing this Book
2 APPEARANCES
	Disappearing
	Swirling
	(Not) Knowing
	Backpacker: Part 1
	Peru
	Poland
3 FATNESS
	Mexico
	Backpacker: Part 2
	Losing It
	Oxford
	Moving On
	Sliding Doors
	On Fatness
4 FITTING IN
	Qatar
	Kane
	Backpacker: Part 3
	Desert Driving
	Connecting
	Love
	Couples
5 PRIVILEGE
	The Golden Cage
	Nepal
	Himalayas
	Flying
	India
	The Pigs’ Tale
	On Privilege
6 NORMATIVITY
	Rushing
	Breaking
	Leaving
	Gas-Station Boys
	Backpacker: Part 4
	Shanghai
	On Witches
7 (NOT QUITE) FITTING IN
	London Schools
	Franchising
	Coping
	Bicycles
	Interesting Times
	The White Stork
	On Being Child-Free
8 SAVING FACE
	Rabbits
	Backpacker: Part 5
	Lockdown
	(Not) Missing Kane
	Keeping Up Appearances
	On Face
9 SPINSTERHOOD
	Dream and Reality
	Enough
	The End/The Beginning
	The Couplenorm
10 IN/TER/DEPENDENCE
	Nature
	Borders
	Purpose
	Going Alone
	Dust
	Appearances
11 CHASING APPROVAL CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE
	Lightness
	Danger
	Blame
	Kicking
	And Then
	Backpacker: Reinvented
	Some Endings
12 THEORIZING STORY/STORYING THEORY
	And Now
	A Queer Queerness?
	Pride? Shame?
	On Selfhood
	The Ethics of Storying
	Fatness, Reconsidered
	On Ants
	Solo Roads
References
Index