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

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Grade 9+Higher education

Main title

Slim hopes

Oclc number

885413788

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Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 1995

Responsibility statement

aproduction of the Media Education Foundation ; executive producer, director, Sut Jhally ; written and presented by Jean Kilbourne

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Sub title

advertising & the obsession with thinness

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

Technique

live action

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Advertising and the obsession with thinness

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