The management of identity and accountability in online weight loss discourse

The aim of this thesis is to explore the management of accountability and identity in an online commercial weight loss group. The commercial weight loss context is socially significant because it is a space which foregrounds women's efforts to control their bodies and behaviour in order to conf...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McSeveny, Kerry
Other Authors: Doherty, Kathy ; Grainger, Karen
Published: Sheffield Hallam University 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.520622