Slim hopes : advertising & the obsession with thinness /

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...

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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
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
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. Internet videos. Nonfiction films. Documentary films.
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Summary:	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 with advertising that encourages emotional eating, charts a clear path to disordered attitudes toward food and the body.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file, 30 min.)
Format:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Audience:	Grade 9+ Higher education.
Production Credits:	Executive producer, director, editor, Sut Jhally ; director of photography, Charles Pappert ; research, Heather Odom.