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Parallel Discourses: Media Constructions of Anorexia and Obesity in the Cases of Tracey Gold and Carnie Wilson
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Parallel Discourses and "Appropriate" Bodies:
Media Constructions of Anorexia and Obesity in the Cases of
Tracey Gold and Carnie Wilson
Abstract
Mass media images of gender, beauty and women have been at the heart of many
feminist arguments about the need for change in our understanding of gender and the role it plays in our day to day existence. The role of a body, much like the role of a woman, is also negotiated between the pages and airways of our popular culture that precariously favors particular excessive behaviors and norms. A textual analysis of the popular press discourse surrounding two bodies demonstrates specific rhetorical strategies at work in the construction of the "appropriate" cultural body. This paper explores how these two bodies are positioned at the border of cultural intelligibility and how these bodies, acting as discourse themselves, speak to culture and reify their positions on the margins.
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Parallel Discourses and "Appropriate" Bodies:
Media Constructions of Anorexia and Obesity in the Cases of
Tracey Gold and Carnie Wilson
Abstract
Mass media images of gender, beauty and women have been at the heart of many
feminist arguments about the need for change in our understanding of gender and the role
it plays in our day to day existence. The role of a body, much like the role of a woman, is
also negotiated between the pages and airways of our popular culture that precariously
favors particular excessive behaviors and norms. A textual analysis of the popular press
discourse surrounding two bodies demonstrates specific rhetorical strategies at work in
the construction of the "appropriate" cultural body. This paper explores how these two
bodies are positioned at the border of cultural intelligibility and how these bodies, acting
as discourse themselves, speak to culture and reify their positions on the margins.
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