Textual Construction of the Female Body

Download or Read eBook Textual Construction of the Female Body PDF written by L. Jeffries and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Textual Construction of the Female Body
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : 9780230593626
ISBN-13 : 0230593623
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Book Synopsis Textual Construction of the Female Body by : L. Jeffries

Book excerpt: This volume takes a critical discourse approach to the ways women's magazines contribute to the social construction of particular kinds of female body - as ideal, beautiful, ugly, overweight or engineered. Looking at the language used, it provides an insight into the experience of the female reader, and the likely impact upon her self-image.


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