Slim hopes, a production of the Media Education Foundation
Type
Label
Slim hopes, a production of the Media Education Foundation
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Slim hopes
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
171143329
Responsibility statement
a production of the Media Education Foundation
Runtime
30
Summary
Uses examples of over 120 ads from magazines and T.V. to explores the manner in which women are portrayed in advertising that focuses on thinness. Discusses the impact these portrayals have on the self images of women and girls and their relationship to life-threatening eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia
Table Of Contents
Intro -- Impossible beauty -- The waif look -- Constructed bodies -- Food & sex -- Food & control -- The weight loss industry -- Freeing imaginations
Technique
live action
Classification
Subject
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Outgoing Resources
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- Contributor3
- Subject8
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