The Media and Body Image: If Looks Could Kill

by Barrie Gunter and Maggie Wykes

Book Overview

The Media and Body Image draws together literature from sociology, gender studies, and psychology; brings together new empirical work on both media representations and audience responses; and offers a broad discussion of this topic in the context of socio-cultural change, gender politics, and self-identity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761942475
• ISBN13: 9780761942474
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.5"