(Mis)Representing Weight and Obesity in the British Press : Fear, Divisiveness, Shame and Stigma
2023 ed.
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
3031448537
ISBN-13
9783031448539
Edition
2023 ed.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 5th, 2023
Print length
214 Pages
Product Classification:
linguisticsSociolinguisticsMedia studiesGender studies, gender groupsSociology
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This book is a linguistic analysis of the British obesity media narrative, analysing a large corpus of published newspaper articles to demonstrate how the language used perpetuates common misconceptions and stereotypes about weight and obesity, and then exploring the sociological effects of these widespread conceptualisations.
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