ISBN:
0761942483
,
0761942475
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (iv, 252 p)
,
ill
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Media and Body image : If Looks Could Kill
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Mass media Influence
;
Mass media Psychological aspects
;
Mass media and culture
;
Body image
Abstract:
Blaming the media for reproducing and extolling unrealistic female bodies has almost become a popular truism. Yet, surprisingly little work has addressed either the nature of media representations of the body, or the ways in which audiences interpret and use such images in our contemporary cultural context. This book addresses this lack and: draws together literature from sociology, gender studies and psychology; brings together new empirical work on both media representations and audience responses; and offers a broad discussion of this topic in the context of socio-cultural change, gender po
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Chapter 1 - Could Looks Kill?; Part I: Media Representations; Chapter 2 - Dying to be Thin; Chapter 3 - Body Matters; Chapter 4 - Print: Selling Sex and Slenderness; Chapter 5 - Starring Roles: Screening Images; Part II: From Media Representations to Audience Impact; Chapter 6 - From Representation to Effects; Chapter 7 - Media Exposure and Body Image Ideals; Chapter 8 - Media Causation and Body Image Perceptions; Chapter 9 - The Media and Clinical Problems with Body Image; Chapter 10 - Conclusion: Body Messages and Body Meanings; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-246) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
http://sk.sagepub.com/books/the-media-and-body-image
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446215395
URL:
Volltext
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