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The Weight of Images : Affect, Body Image and Fat in the Media

1st ed

London : Taylor and Francis, 2016

1 Online-Ressource (253 pages)

Englisch

Print version: Kyrölä, Katariina : The Weight of Images : Affect, Body Image and Fat in the Media. - London : Taylor and Francis,c2016

978-1-317-01171-2 ( : electronic bk.)

978-1-4724-1306-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1019831656     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

RC569.5.B65K97 2014

306.4613 ; 306.4/613     Ähnliche Literatur

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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: The Weight of Looks -- 2 Threatening Information: Politics of Fear in the News -- 3 Inciting Transformation: Dieting Away Disgust and Shame? -- 4 Disturbing Incongruity: Laughter as Corporeal Training -- 5 Intruding Explosions: Stretching Bodies and Death -- 6 Affirming Positivity: Desire and Fat Acceptance -- 7 Expanding Body Images: Conclusion -- References -- Index.