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Title:
Slim hopes [videorecording] : advertising and the obsession with thinness / written & presented by Jean Kilbourne.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
Media Education Foundation,
Copyright Date:
c1995
Description:
1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Subject:
Women in advertising
Advertising--Psychological aspects.
Leanness--Social aspects.
Leanness--Psychological aspects.
Body image--Social aspects.
Body image--Psychological aspects.
Eating disorders--Social aspects.
Self-esteem in women--United States.
Sex role in advertising.
Other Authors:
Kilbourne, Jean.
Jhally, Sut.
Contents:
Impossible beauty -- The waif look -- Constructed bodies -- Food & sex -- Food & control -- The weight loss industry -- Freeing imaginations.
Summary:
Illustrated lecture which explores the manner in which women are portrayed by advertising with the focus on thinness. Discusses the impact this portrayal has on the self images of women and girls.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)33364827
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

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