Disability, obesity and ageing :: popular media identifications /

Disability, Obesity and Ageing offers an engaging account of a new area of pressing concern, analysing the way in which 'spurned' identities are depicted and reacted to in televisual genres and on-line forums. Examining the symbolic power of the media, this book presents case studies from...

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1. Verfasser: Rodan, Debbie
Weitere Verfasser: Ellis, Katie, 1978-, Lebeck, Pia
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2014]
Schriftenreihe:Cultural politics of media and popular culture.
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Zusammenfassung:Disability, Obesity and Ageing offers an engaging account of a new area of pressing concern, analysing the way in which 'spurned' identities are depicted and reacted to in televisual genres and on-line forums. Examining the symbolic power of the media, this book presents case studies from reality, drama and comic television programmes popular in the UK, USA and Australia to shed light on the representation of disability, obesity, and ageing the manner in which their status as unwanted and unwelcome identities is perpetuated.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781409440529
1409440524
1472403819
9781472403810
1317150104
9781317150107
1317150090
9781317150091

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