Gemma Cobb (UK University of Sussex)

Negotiating Thinness Online

The Cultural Politics of Pro-anorexia

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Produktbeschreibung

This book interrogates the thin ideal in pro-anorexia online spaces and the way in which it operates on a continuum with everyday discourses around thinness.

Produktdetails

• Gender, Bodies and Transformation
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 234mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9781032175454
• ISBN-10: 1032175451
• Artikelnr.: 62573031

Autorenporträt

Gemma Cobb is a Lecturer in Media at the University of Brighton, UK. Her research interests include gender, the body and digital culture.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 'Girls in Danger' 1: Medicine, Maladies and Anorexia Nervosa
2: 'Lose Weight Without Dieting': Disciplining the Body in Women's
Magazines 3: Normalising Pro-Anorexia 4: Intersectional Privilege in
Pro-Anorexia Online Spaces 5: Articulating Pain: Investment or Lament
6: From Counterhegemonic to Counterpublic? The Political Potential of
Pro-Anorexia Epilogue: From the Mainstream to the Margins and Back Again
Appendix: Information on Pro-Anorexia Online Spaces