LEADER 03670nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910812241603321 005 20240417032950.0 010 $a1-4384-3530-4 010 $a1-4416-9233-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781438435305 035 $a(CKB)2670000000091751 035 $a(OCoLC)713021670 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10574143 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407281 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407281 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10574143 035 $a(DE-B1597)684353 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781438435305 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000091751 100 $a20100810d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBody shots $eHollywood and the culture of eating disorders /$fEmily Fox-Kales 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (211 p.) 225 0 $aExcelsior Editions 311 $a1-4384-3529-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : screen bodies and eating disorders -- Body identifications : the movie screen and the mirror -- Celebrity bodies -- Body mastery and the ideology of fitness -- Body transformation : ugly ducklings, swans and movie makeovers -- Body stigmatization : fat suits and big mamas -- Teen bodies : valley girls and middle-school vamps -- Alternative visions. 330 $aHow do movie star bodies and celebrity culture influence the way real girls and women feel about their own size and shape? What effect can popular films have on everyday eating behavior and exercise rituals? Body Shots shows how Hollywood films, movie stars, and celebrity media help propagate the values of an "eating disordered culture" that promotes constant self-scrutiny and vigilance, denial of appetite and overcontrol of weight in the compulsive pursuit of an eternally elusive body ideal of slenderness and fitness. In a unique approach that merges the disciplines of film analysis, gender studies, and psychology, clinical psychologist and cinema studies scholar Emily Fox-Kales demonstrates how the body narratives of such Hollywood celebrities as Lindsay Lohan, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Oprah Winfrey and their battles with bulimia, post-maternal weight gain, and yo-yo dieting not only serve as public enactments of the same eating and weight struggles their fans endure, but create a "new normal" which naturalizes and even valorizes the chronic body dissatisfaction and weight obsession that are established risk factors for eating disorders in women and girls. Written for students of cultural and gender studies, parents, media literacy educators, as well as film buffs everywhere, this book aims to provide the moviegoer with the critical tools necessary to develop a resistant gaze at Hollywood productions and make healthier choices among the many viewing screens of our super-mediated world. 606 $aHuman body in motion pictures 606 $aBody image in motion pictures 606 $aMotion pictures$xInfluence 606 $aMotion pictures and women 606 $aWomen in motion pictures 615 0$aHuman body in motion pictures. 615 0$aBody image in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xInfluence. 615 0$aMotion pictures and women. 615 0$aWomen in motion pictures. 676 $a791.43/6561 700 $aFox-Kales$b Emily$f1944-$01682017 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812241603321 996 $aBody shots$94051831 997 $aUNINA