'The super-fats, the middlies and the barely-fats' : Naming and describing the body in plus-size fashion blogs

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dc.contributor.authorLimatius, Hanna
dc.contributor.departmentfi=Ei tutkimusalustaa|en=No platform|-
dc.contributor.facultyfi=Markkinoinnin ja viestinnän yksikkö|en=School of Marketing and Communication|-
dc.contributor.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2842-2358-
dc.contributor.organizationfi=Vaasan yliopisto|en=University of Vaasa|
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-07T07:52:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-25T12:41:18Z
dc.date.available2023-09-07T07:52:49Z
dc.date.issued2023-06-21
dc.description.abstractThis 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.-
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dc.identifier.olddbid19014
dc.identifier.oldhandle10024/16234
dc.identifier.urihttps://osuva.uwasa.fi/handle/11111/713
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe20230907121230-
dc.language.isoeng-
dc.publisherThe Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture / Kungliga Gustav Adolf Akademien-
dc.relation.doi10.59589/noso.32023.14410-
dc.relation.funderThe Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation-
dc.relation.ispartofjournalNordisk tidskrift för socioonomastik : Nordic journal of Socio-Onomastics-
dc.relation.issn2004-0881-
dc.relation.issn2004-0296-
dc.relation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.59589/noso.32023.14410-
dc.relation.volume3-
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0-
dc.source.identifierhttps://osuva.uwasa.fi/handle/10024/16234
dc.subjectbody positivity-
dc.subjectfashion blogs-
dc.subjectfat acceptance-
dc.subjectidentity-
dc.subjectothering-
dc.subjectweight stigma-
dc.subject.disciplinefi=Viestintätieteet|en=Communication Studies|-
dc.subject.ysoidentity (mental objects)-
dc.subject.ysogender-
dc.title'The super-fats, the middlies and the barely-fats' : Naming and describing the body in plus-size fashion blogs-
dc.type.okmfi=A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä|en=A1 Peer-reviewed original journal article|sv=A1 Originalartikel i en vetenskaplig tidskrift|-
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