Slim hopes : advertising and the obsession with thinness

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Date
1995
Main contributor
Jhally, Sut
Summary
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

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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

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