Slim hopes : advertising and the obsession with thinness / a production of the Media Education Foundation ; written & presented by Jean Kilbourne ; director, Sut Jhally.

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Slim Hopes -- a lively and engaging program suitable for a wide range of audiences -- offers an in-depth analysis of how female bodies are depicted in advertising images and the devastating effects of those images on women's health. Addressing the relationship between these images and the obsession...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Media Education Foundation
Other Authors: Kilbourne, Jean (Screenwriter, Speaker)
Jhally, Sut (Director, Film editor, Producer)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Soundtrack in English, with optional subtitles in English.
Published: Northampton, Mass. : Media Education Foundation, [2002]
Subjects:
Women in advertising.
Sex role in advertising.
Advertising > Psychological aspects.
Body image in women > Social aspects.
Body image in women > Psychological aspects.
Leanness > Social aspects.
Leanness > Psychological aspects.
Eating disorders > Social aspects.
Self-esteem in women > United States.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Short films > United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Short films.
Short films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of MSU Women's Resource Center.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Variant Title:
Advertising and the obsession with thinness.
Format: Video DVD

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