'The super-fats, the middlies and the barely-fats' : Naming and describing the body in plus-size fashion blogs
annif.suggestions | blogs|body image|women|body|identity (mental objects)|social media|bloggers|terminology|gender|bodiliness|en | en |
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dc.contributor.author | Limatius, Hanna | |
dc.contributor.department | fi=Ei tutkimusalustaa|en=No platform| | - |
dc.contributor.faculty | fi=Markkinoinnin ja viestinnän yksikkö|en=School of Marketing and Communication| | - |
dc.contributor.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2842-2358 | - |
dc.contributor.organization | fi=Vaasan yliopisto|en=University of Vaasa| | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-07T07:52:49Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-06-25T12:41:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-07T07:52:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-06-21 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article investigates the practices of naming and describing bodies in plus-size women’s fashion blogs. Building on Jeffries’ (2007) work on the construction of bodies and bodily processes in women’s magazines, I explore how bloggers use language to construct their identities through references to bodily characteristics. I investigate terms the bloggers use to describe the plus-size body, as well as the connotative features of these terms. In addition, I analyse the use of three terms that were used to describe bodies that are not plus-size: thin, slim, and skinny. The results demonstrate that, while the bloggers build counter-discourse to the mainstream media discourses that construct fatness as a negative characteristic, they also maintain particular hegemonic discourses on beauty, sexuality and gender. | - |
dc.description.notification | ©2023 Hanna Limatius. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | - |
dc.description.reviewstatus | fi=vertaisarvioitu|en=peerReviewed| | - |
dc.format.bitstream | true | |
dc.format.content | fi=kokoteksti|en=fulltext| | - |
dc.format.extent | 26 | - |
dc.format.pagerange | 71-96 | - |
dc.identifier.olddbid | 19014 | |
dc.identifier.oldhandle | 10024/16234 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://osuva.uwasa.fi/handle/11111/713 | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi-fe20230907121230 | - |
dc.language.iso | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture / Kungliga Gustav Adolf Akademien | - |
dc.relation.doi | 10.59589/noso.32023.14410 | - |
dc.relation.funder | The Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation | - |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Nordisk tidskrift för socioonomastik : Nordic journal of Socio-Onomastics | - |
dc.relation.issn | 2004-0881 | - |
dc.relation.issn | 2004-0296 | - |
dc.relation.url | https://doi.org/10.59589/noso.32023.14410 | - |
dc.relation.volume | 3 | - |
dc.rights | CC BY 4.0 | - |
dc.source.identifier | https://osuva.uwasa.fi/handle/10024/16234 | |
dc.subject | body positivity | - |
dc.subject | fashion blogs | - |
dc.subject | fat acceptance | - |
dc.subject | identity | - |
dc.subject | othering | - |
dc.subject | weight stigma | - |
dc.subject.discipline | fi=Viestintätieteet|en=Communication Studies| | - |
dc.subject.yso | identity (mental objects) | - |
dc.subject.yso | gender | - |
dc.title | 'The super-fats, the middlies and the barely-fats' : Naming and describing the body in plus-size fashion blogs | - |
dc.type.okm | fi=A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä|en=A1 Peer-reviewed original journal article|sv=A1 Originalartikel i en vetenskaplig tidskrift| | - |
dc.type.publication | article | - |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | - |
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