The weight of images
Subtitle: affect, body image and fat in the media
By: Katariina Kyrölä, University of Turku, Finland
Series: Gender, bodies and transformation
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781472413062; 9781472413079; 9781472413086
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Body image disturbance; Body image; Psychological aspects; Human body in mass media; Mass media in health education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-231) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the weight of looks; title: Threatening information : politics of fear in the news; title: Inciting transformation : dieting away disgust and shame; title: Disturbing incongruity : laughter as corporeal training; title: Intruding explosions : stretching bodies and death; title: Affirming positivity : desire and fat acceptance; title: Expanding body images : conclusion.