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(Mis)Representing Weight and Obesity in the British Press Fear, Divisiveness, Shame and Stigma

This book is a linguistic analysis of the British obesity media narrative, analysing a large corpus of published newspaper articles to demonstrate how the language used perpetuates common misconceptions and stereotypes about weight and obesity, and then exploring the sociological effects of these wi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coltman-Patel, Tara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Subjects:
Health
Sociology Of Knowledge And Discourse
Human Body / Social Aspects
Journalism
Research Methods In Language And Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Knowledge, Sociology Of
News Journalism
Linguistics / Methodology
Gender And Health
Sociology Of The Body
Sex
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Weight Stigma, News Media and This Research
  • 2. Fear: Expert Voices and the (Mis)Representation of Science and Health
  • 3. Divisiveness: The Metaphorical Conceptualisation of Obesity
  • 4. Shame: Challenging Linguistic Strategies of Representation
  • 5. Conclusion

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