Textual Construction of the Female Body: A Critical Discourse Approach

by Lesley Jeffries

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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.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1349423068

ISBN13:9781349423064

Release Date:January 2007

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:212 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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