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Thinspiration- vägen till perfektion. En kvalitativ textanalys av Pro-ana bloggar.

Thulin, Hanna LU (2014) SOPA63 20132
School of Social Work
Abstract
This paper problematizes the concept of anorexia and in what forms bloggers create their eating disorder and what consequences the constructions made in blogs will involve. From a discursive text analysis, I have problematized the subject not only based on how bloggers create their eating disorder but also their view on femininity and how it may reflect on themselves. The bloggers are part of an online community, also known as Pro-ana. Pro-ana describes a community that encourages, foremost, younger people to be persistent in their eating disorder. The result shows that in these websites, bloggers finds a sense of community. Together they create an idea of “the perfect woman”, an often unattainable yet desirable ideal.
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author
Thulin, Hanna LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20132
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
eating disorder, Pro-ana, anorexia
language
Swedish
id
4359175
date added to LUP
2014-03-18 11:54:49
date last changed
2014-03-19 11:29:04
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  title        = {{Thinspiration- vägen till perfektion. En kvalitativ textanalys av Pro-ana bloggar.}},
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