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Title:
Slim hopes : advertising and the obsession with thinness / a production of the Media Education Foundation ; written and presented by Jean Kilbourne.
Publisher:
Media Education Foundation,
Copyright Date:
1995
Description:
1 videocassette (30 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Subject:
Women in advertising.
Advertising--Psychological aspects.
Leanness--Social aspects.
Leanness--Psychological aspects.
Body image in women--Social aspects.
Body image in women--Psychological aspects.
Eating disorders--Social aspects.
Other Authors:
Kilbourne, Jean. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87836561
Jhally, Sut. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85345285
Media Education Foundation. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97011500
Notes:
Other title information on cassette label: Advertising & the obsession with thinness.
Contents:
Impossible beauty -- The waif look -- Constructed bodies -- Food & sex -- Food & control -- The weight loss industry -- Freeing imaginations.
Summary:
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)65921696
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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