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Tierney, Stephanie (2010) Media icons : dangerous role models or innocent scapegoats? Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 10 (Number 3). pp. 323-327. doi:10.1080/09589230120086557 ISSN 0958-9236.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09589230120086557
Abstract
The ‘superwaif summit’ held by the Government in June 2000 triggered a swell of media coverage around the issue of anorexia, laying ‘blame’ at the hands of thin models and stars, reducing the condition to a trivial preoccupation of an individual with appearance, ignoring underlying psychological and social factors. As someone who has encountered anorexia firsthand, I feel it is important to air the perspectives of those best informed on the subject: those who are or have been labelled as ‘anorexic’. Unfortunately, medical professionals and other ‘experts’ judged to have the kudos to offer authoritative soundbites frequently supersede such opinions in the media. But there is no substitute for experience. Therefore, I held a focus group with five women, all of whom attend a support group for people with eating problems, at which I act as facilitator. Their views have been incorporated into this work under the following pseudonyms: Louise, Marie, Petra, Annabelle and Jayne. It is not suggested that these women’s statements reflect the thoughts of all those defined as ‘anorexic’, but their publication will enable the personal voice to become political.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Warwick Research in Nursing > Royal College of Nursing Research Institute (RCN) (- July 2017) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Gender Studies | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 0958-9236 | ||||
Official Date: | 3 August 2010 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 10 | ||||
Number: | Number 3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 323-327 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/09589230120086557 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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