Airbrushed nation
Subtitle: the lure and loathing of women's magazines
By: by Jennifer Nelson
Publisher: Seal Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781580054133
Subjects: Women's periodicals, American; Press coverage; Illustrations; Body image in women; Themes, motives; Women in mass media; Women
Description: Examines the women's magazine business, wonders how it is thriving amid the failing print journalism industry, and asks if the unrealistic body image it portrays is intentional or not.
Table of contents: title: A chick-slick history; title: The pink ghetto; title: Truth in advertising; title: Fashion forward; title: It ain't about inner beauty; title: To age or not to age; title: The feminine fear factor; title: To the left; title: The big O; title: Celebrity central.