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

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Jean Kilbourne's popular video Slim Hopes offers a comprehensive analysis of advertising's depiction of bodies and food, and the devastating effect these images can have on girl's and women's health. Using numerous ads, Kilbourne shows how the prevalence of extremely thin models, in combination wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors: Gardner, Tom
Jhally, Sut
Kilbourne, Jean
Monahan, Shannon
Odom, Heather
Pappert, Charles
Talreja, Sanjay
Language:English
Published: [place of publication not identified] : Media Education Foundation, 1995.
Series:Kanopy films.
Subjects:
Advertising > Psychological aspects.
Body image in women > Psychological aspects.
Body image in women > Social aspects.
Communication.
Eating disorders > Social aspects.
Leanness > Psychological aspects.
Leanness > Social aspects.
Media representation.
Women in advertising.
Women's studies.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Online Access:
Connect to: A Kanopy streaming video - MSU authorized users (kanopy)
Connect to: Cover Image - MSU authorized users
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, 30 min.)
Variant Title:
Advertising and the obsession with thinness
Format: Electronic Video

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