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Media and the rhetoric of body perfection: cosmetic surgery, weight loss and beauty in popular culture

Part of the The cultural politics of media and popular culture series
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Against the background of the so-called 'obesity epidemic', this book critically examines the discourses of physical perfection that pervade Western societies, shedding new light on the rhetorical forces behind body anxieties and extreme methods of weight loss and beautification.

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Product Details
Routledge
1317098943 / 9781317098942
eBook (EPUB)
302.23
06/05/2016
England
English
210 pages
Copy: 30%; print: 30%
Reprint. Previously issued in print: Farnham: Ashgate, 2014 Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.