Slim Hopes

Synopsis: Analyses how female bodies are depicted in advertising imagery and the resulting devastating effect on women’s health. Uses over 120 advertisements from magazines and television to address the relationship between the images and the obsession of girls and women with dieting and thinness. In seven sections: impossible beauty, the waif look, constructed bodies, food and sex, food and control, the weight-loss industry, freeing imaginations.
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of production: 199
Documentation: Free downloadable study guide available at http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaGenderAndDiversity/SlimHopes
Subjects: Media studies; Women’s studies
Keywords: advertising; dieting; eating disorders; women’s health

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Notes: The MEF produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical reflection on the social, political and cultural impact of the mass media, particularly in the US, with emphasis on gender, health, politics, race and commercialism. Sale on DVD.

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