One Size Does Not Fit All

Sarah S. LeBlanc; K. Megan Hopper

doi:10.5771/9781793646972

Summary

This edited collection explores the malleability and influence of body image, focusing particularly on how media representation and popular culture’s focus on the body exacerbates the crucial social influence these representations can have on audiences’ perceptions of themselves and others. Contributors investigate the cultural context and lived experiences of individuals’ relationships with their bodies, going beyond examination of the thin, ideal body type to explore the emerging representations and portrayals of a diverse set of body types across the media spectrum, paving the way for future research on this topic. Scholars of media studies, popular culture, and health communication will find this book particularly useful.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-4696-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-4697-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 310
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. 1. References No access
1. What to Expect No access
2. References No access
1. 1. Dressed Bodies as Political No access
  2. The Vote Dress at the Billboard Music Awards No access
  3. Instagram Politics and Embodied Voting as Auntie Sam No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. References No access
2. 1. Beauty Standards No access
  2. 1. Music of the Rebel: Hip-Hop No access
    2. Cardi B.’s “Money” No access
    3. Lizzo’s “Juice” No access
    4. Beauty and Self-Sexualization in Female-Led Hip-Hop Music Videos No access
  3. 1. Participants No access
    2. Data Collection No access
    3. Procedure No access
    4. Data Analysis No access
    5. Findings No access
    6. 1. Beauty in Everyday Life vs. the Media No access
    7. Sexism in Everyday Life No access
  4. Cardi B., Lizzo, and the Media’s Influence No access
  5. Self-Sexualization, Empowerment, and Body Positivity in Female-Led Music Videos No access
  6. Discussion No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. References No access
1. 1. 1. Gender Identity and Self-Presentation No access
    2. Micro-celebrity/Influencer Female Body and Body Positivity No access
    3. Anti-Fandom No access
  2. 1. Research Design No access
    2. Ethical Considerations No access
  3. 1. Audience Perception of Reality over the Influencer Female Body No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. References No access
2. 1. 1. Body Size/Shape No access
    2. Athleticism No access
    3. Sexuality No access
    4. Fan Parodies No access
  2. Implications No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. References No access
3. 1. Defining the Slim-Thick Body Type No access
  2. Body Policing of the Yummy Mummy and Celebrity Moms No access
  3. 1. Kardashian’s Corporeality/The Excessive Body No access
    2. Context on Kardashian No access
  4. Method No access
  5. Kardashian’s Performance of the Yummy Mummy on Keeping Up No access
  6. Kardashian’s Confident Crafted Body Presentation on Instagram No access
  7. Racialization and the Presentation of Children as a Part of Motherhood No access
  8. Conclusion No access
  9. References No access
4. 1. The #MeToo Movement No access
  2. 1. Writing the Body in the #MeToo Movement No access
    2. Moving #MeToo from the Digital to the Physical No access
  3. References No access
5. 1. The Platform Is the Message No access
  2. 1. Building upon Revisionist Drag No access
    2. 1. Partial Drag Body as Mask No access
      2. Imagined Drag Body as a Canvas No access
      3. Corporeal Drag Body as Humor No access
      4. Preview of Affirmed Drag Body No access
      5. The Performative Drag After-Body No access
      6. Opening Up . . . in Drag No access
      7. Intersectional Drag Bodies No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. Notes No access
  5. References No access
1. 1. Positionality Statements No access
  2. Summary of the Show No access
  3. 1. 1. Weight Stigma No access
    2. Fat Identity No access
  4. 1. Weight in the Media No access
  5. 1. 1. Data Source and Procedures No access
  6. 1. Fat Identity No access
    2. Personal Self-Confidence No access
    3. 1. The Value of Thinness No access
      2. Thinness Equates Health No access
      3. Thinness Equates Attractiveness No access
  7. 1. Friends No access
    2. Family No access
    3. Couple No access
  8. 1. Love and Romance No access
    2. Physical and Sexual Attraction No access
  9. Discussion and Conclusion No access
  10. References No access
2. 1. 1. The Black Gaze and Its Potentialities No access
    2. Queer Contexts: P-Valley and Lovecraft Country No access
  2. 1. Analysis 1: P-Valley No access
    2. Analysis 2: Lovecraft Country No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. Note No access
  5. References No access
3. 1. The Sitcom Friends No access
  2. 1. Stereotyping and Cultural Norms No access
    2. Disparagement Humor No access
    3. The Thin Ideal No access
    4. Anti-Fat Bias and Friends No access
  3. 1. The One with All the Fat-Shaming No access
    2. Monica Geller and Fat Monica No access
    3. The Other Friends No access
    4. Ugly Naked Guy No access
    5. Minor Characters No access
  4. Discussion No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. References No access
4. 1. 1. Critical Feminist Theory No access
    2. Rape and Sexual Violence Research No access
    3. Rape and Sexual Violence within GoT No access
  2. Method No access
  3. 1. Tears Aren’t a Women’s Only Weapon No access
    2. “I’m not a lady. I never have been” No access
    3. 1. Sansa Stark No access
      2. Gilly Craster No access
  4. You Win or You Die. There Is No Middle Ground. No access
  5. References No access
1. 1. 1. X-ray Vision: What Lies Beneath No access
    2. Visuality and Power No access
    3. Access to Images of the Interior of the Body No access
  2. Conclusion No access
  3. Notes No access
  4. References No access
2. 1. Real Bodies versus Ideal Bodies No access
  2. Social Comparison and Body Image No access
  3. Attitudes about Exercising and Cosmetic Surgery No access
  4. The Present Study No access
  5. 1. Participants No access
    2. Design and Procedure No access
  6. 1. 1. Ideal Body Stereotype Scale No access
      2. Body Mass Index No access
    2. 1. Social Comparison No access
      2. Extent Thoughts No access
      3. Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery No access
      4. Exercise Motives No access
  7. Results No access
  8. 1. Limitations and Future Directions No access
  9. Conclusion No access
  10. References No access
3. 1. 1. Body Size Perceptions in Advertising No access
    2. Presentation of Images on a Continuum Scale (PICS) No access
  2. 1. Body Size Measurement Tool No access
    2. Body Type Advertising Measurement Chart No access
    3. Recording Body Sizes No access
    4. Results and Discussion No access
  3. References No access
4. 1. Romantic Ideal Self No access
  2. 1. Gay Men No access
    2. Relationship Status No access
    3. Relationship Satisfaction No access
  3. 1. Recruitment No access
    2. Participants No access
    3. Measures No access
    4. Findings No access
  4. Discussion No access
  5. References No access
Index No access Pages 305 - 306
About the Contributors No access Pages 307 - 310