Fox-Kales Body Shots

Hollywood and the Culture of Eating Disorders
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4384-3530-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 205 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Excelsior Editions

Combining the analytical tools of cinema studies with insights from clinical practice focused on eating disorders, Body Shots offers a compelling case for widespread media literacy to combat the effects of the “eating disordered culture” represented in Hollywood productions and popular images of celebrity life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fox-Kales, Emily

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Essstörungen & Therapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Screen Bodies and Eating Disorders

1. Body Identifications: The Movie Screen and the Mirror

2. Celebrity Bodies

3. Body Mastery and the Ideology of Fitness

4. Body Transformation: Ugly Ducklings, Swans, and Movie Makeovers

5. Body Stigmatization: Fat Suits and Big Mamas

6. Teen Bodies: Valley Girls and Middle School Vamps

7. Alternative Visions


Glossary of Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Emily Fox-Kales is Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Harvard University, and Academic Specialist in the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at Northeastern University where she teaches film and psychology. She is also Clinical Associate at McLean Hospital/Harvard University and Executive Director of the Feeding Ourselves Program.