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1 The Exercise of Power : Reading the Image of Panopticon in Peter Carey's The Fat Man in History Chen Lihui , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Oceanic Literary Studies , no. 2 2015; (p. 75-83) 'In The Fat Man in History, the closed society represents the image of Panopticon. Deliberately chosen, the closed and separated space in the story is the place where Nancy's control over the fat men can be fulfilled. The space enables Nancy to exercise her power by disciplining the body, inspecting the fat men and preserving anonymity, which is the interpretation of Michel Foucault's Panopticon.' (75)
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