Textual Construction of the Female Body: A Critical Discourse Approach

Jeffries, L.

This volume takes a critical discourse approach to the ways women's magazines contribute to the social construction of particular kinds of female body - as ideal, beautiful, ugly, overweight or engineered. Looking at the language used, it provides an insight into the experience of the female reader, and the likely impact upon her self-image.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2007-09-18

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333914519

DOI: 10.1057/9780230593626

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 212