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Author:
Fox-Kales, Emily, 1944-
Title:
Body shots : Hollywood and the culture of eating disorders / Emily Fox-Kales.
Publisher:
Excelsior EditionsState University of New York Press,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
x, 195 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Human body in motion pictures.
Body image in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Influence.
Motion pictures and women.
Women in motion pictures.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : screen bodies and eating disorders -- Body identifications : the movie screen and the mirror -- Celebrity bodies -- Body mastery and the ideology of fitness -- Body transformation : ugly ducklings, swans and movie makeovers -- Body stigmatization : fat suits and big mamas -- Teen bodies : valley girls and middle-school vamps -- Alternative visions.
ISBN:
1438435282
9781438435282 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2010031821
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

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