Body shots : Hollywood and the culture of eating disorders /

"How do movie star bodies and celebrity culture influence the way real girls and women feel about their own size and shape? What effect can popular films have on everyday eating behavior and exercise rituals? Body Shots shows how Hollywood films, movie stars, and celebrity media help propagate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fox-Kales, Emily, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2011.
Colección:Excelsior editions.
Temas:
Human body in motion pictures.
Body image in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Influence.
Motion pictures and women.
Women in motion pictures.
Corps humain au cinéma.
Image du corps au cinéma.
Cinéma et femmes.
Femmes au cinéma.
Cinéma > Influence.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
ART > Film & Video.
Body image in motion pictures
Human body in motion pictures
Motion pictures and women
Motion pictures > Influence
Women in motion pictures
Människokroppen på film.
Kvinnor och film.
Kvinnor på film.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : screen bodies and eating disorders
  • Body identifications : the movie screen and the mirror
  • Celebrity bodies
  • Body mastery and the ideology of fitness
  • Body transformation : ugly ducklings, swans and movie makeovers
  • Body stigmatization : fat suits and big mamas
  • Teen bodies : valley girls and middle-school vamps
  • Alternative visions.

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