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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 119-134 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Fat Studies |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
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Digital media and body weight, shape, and size: an introduction and review. / Lupton, Deborah.
In: Fat Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2017, p. 119-134.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Digital media and body weight, shape, and size: an introduction and review
AU - Lupton, Deborah
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In this introduction to the special issue on digital media and body weight, the author brings together fat studies and critical social analyses of digital media to discuss the manifold ways in which body weight, size, and shape are represented and performed in and with these media. A proliferation of diverse voices and images receive expression in these media and in the use of these devices, often in direct opposition to each other. These include fat activism, body positivism, fat shaming and stigmatization, pro-anorexia, thinspiration, and fitspiration discourses and practices. The author reviews the previous literature and suggests areas for further research.
AB - In this introduction to the special issue on digital media and body weight, the author brings together fat studies and critical social analyses of digital media to discuss the manifold ways in which body weight, size, and shape are represented and performed in and with these media. A proliferation of diverse voices and images receive expression in these media and in the use of these devices, often in direct opposition to each other. These include fat activism, body positivism, fat shaming and stigmatization, pro-anorexia, thinspiration, and fitspiration discourses and practices. The author reviews the previous literature and suggests areas for further research.
KW - digital media
KW - digital technologies
KW - embodiment
KW - critical weight studies
KW - Sociology, Medical Medicine Sociology Medical anthropology Social medicine
KW - cultural studies
U2 - 10.1080/21604851.2017.1243392
DO - 10.1080/21604851.2017.1243392
M3 - Article
VL - 6
SP - 119
EP - 134
JO - Fat Studies
JF - Fat Studies
SN - 2160-4851
IS - 2
ER -