Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
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"Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body" is a candid, introspective memoir in which Roxane Gay explores her experiences with trauma, body image, fatness, and desire through the lens of her own body.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T78401 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Context triple: [Roxane Gay, notableWork, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body]
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A.
City of Firsts
City of Firsts is a historic Massachusetts city known for its early industrial innovations and numerous pioneering achievements in American manufacturing and technology.
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B.
This I Remember
"This I Remember" is Eleanor Roosevelt’s autobiographical memoir recounting her life, public service, and experiences as First Lady of the United States.
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C.
Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father is Barack Obama’s acclaimed memoir that explores his early life, family history, and search for identity across the United States, Kenya, and Indonesia.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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This Is My Story
This Is My Story is an autobiographical book by Eleanor Roosevelt recounting her early life, personal challenges, and path to public service and activism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Target entity description: "Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body" is a candid, introspective memoir in which Roxane Gay explores her experiences with trauma, body image, fatness, and desire through the lens of her own body.
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A.
City of Firsts
City of Firsts is a historic Massachusetts city known for its early industrial innovations and numerous pioneering achievements in American manufacturing and technology.
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B.
This I Remember
"This I Remember" is Eleanor Roosevelt’s autobiographical memoir recounting her life, public service, and experiences as First Lady of the United States.
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C.
Dreams from My Father
Dreams from My Father is Barack Obama’s acclaimed memoir that explores his early life, family history, and search for identity across the United States, Kenya, and Indonesia.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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E.
This Is My Story
This Is My Story is an autobiographical book by Eleanor Roosevelt recounting her early life, personal challenges, and path to public service and activism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ |
| author | Roxane Gay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
difficulty of inhabiting a large body in public spaces
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emotional eating ⓘ medical fatphobia ⓘ personal history of sexual assault ⓘ social stigma around fat bodies ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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memoir ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
control and safety
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cultural attitudes toward fat bodies ⓘ desire and intimacy ⓘ gender and body ⓘ race and body ⓘ relationship between trauma and eating ⓘ shame and vulnerability ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | nonfiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
confessional
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essayistic ⓘ introspective ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Roxane Gay ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
candid discussion of superfatness
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exploration of how trauma shapes the body ⓘ intersectional feminist perspective ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harper
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Harper Perennial ⓘ
surface form:
HarperCollins
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| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Bad Feminist
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Difficult Women ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| subject |
body image
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body politics ⓘ desire ⓘ fatness ⓘ feminism ⓘ obesity ⓘ rape survival ⓘ self-acceptance ⓘ sexual violence ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body Description of subject: "Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body" is a candid, introspective memoir in which Roxane Gay explores her experiences with trauma, body image, fatness, and desire through the lens of her own body.
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subject surface form:
Roxane Gay