Slim hopes : advertising and the obsession with thinness
- Date
1995
- Main contributor
Jhally, Sut
- Summary
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Uses examples of over 120 ads from magazines and T.V. to explore 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.
- Contributor
Kilbourne, Jean
- Publisher
Media Education Foundation
- Genre
Filmed lectures
- Subjects
Broadcasting, Communications; Women's Studies; Advertising, Marketing; Broadcasting, Mass Media; Women's Studies; Gender Studies; Health, Family Studies; Body image in women -- Social aspects; Body image in women -- Psychological aspects; Leanness -- Social aspects; Leanness -- Psychological aspects; Women in advertising; Advertising -- Psychological aspects; Eating disorders -- Social aspects; Self-esteem in women -- United States; Sex role in advertising
- Locations
North America; United States; Massachusetts; Northampton
- Collection
Films@UM
- Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
- Physical Description
31 minutes; color
- Notes
Films @ UM
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
Creation/Production Credits
Written & presented by Jean Kilbourne ; directed by Sut Jhally ; a production of the Media Education Foundation.
- Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-090475; Fedora 2 PID: umd:75817; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/10390; Catalog Key: alephsys003885411; OCLC: ocn648021207
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: collection staff, users in specific IP Ranges.