The overweight female body in Malaysian slimming advertisements: problem and solution

This study analyses image and text to investigate the way slimming advertising exploits women’s fear of being overweight to the extent that they feel obliged to do something about their own bodies. We show how Malaysian slimming advertisements construct certain types of female body which reinforce c...

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Main Authors: Zuraidah, Mohd Don, Lau, Emily Kui Ling
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/20151/
https://doi.org/10.1080/10350330.2016.1191145
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