A Critical Discourse Analysis of South Asian Women's Magazines Undercover Beauty

This intriguing book applies Critical Discourse Analysis to a range of South Asian women’s lifestyle magazines, exposing the disconnection between the magazines’ representations of South Asian women and the lived realities of the target audience. The author challenges the notion that discourses of f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McLoughlin, Linda (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK 2017.
Colección:Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality.
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Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • - Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Orienting the reader – the legacy of colonialism and cultural imperialism
  • Chapter 3. The Aesthetics of beauty – commodification
  • Chapter 4. For the woman who wants the world – commodified feminism
  • Chapter 5. East meets West – cultural hybridity
  • Chapter 6. Men’s voices in women’s magazines
  • Chapter 7. Readers’ responses – multi-vocal expressions of identity
  • Chapter 8. Conclusion.