“Como você se relaciona com a comida?” A construção da identidade feminina no discurso midiático sobre o emagrecimento

Body control, characterized by a strong concern with the presentation and the shape of the body in order to align it with a hegemonic ideal of slim beauty, is a contemporary phenomenon created, sustained and reinforced by a range of public and private discourses, and by a network of social practices...

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Main Author: Débora de Carvalho Figueiredo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2008-12-01
Series:Matraga
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Online Access:http://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/matraga/article/view/27915