Negotiating Thinness Online: The Cultural Politics of Pro-Anorexia

ISBN-13: 9781032175454 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 180 str.

Gemma Cobb

Opis

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.

Spis treści

 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

O autorze

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