Under pressure : Women's Health and the social constructions of aging / Brittany Thompson

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dc.contributor.authorThompson, Brittany
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-17T23:11:04Z
dc.date.available2012-02-17T23:11:04Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionv, 125 leaves ; 29 cmen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis project explores social constructions of aging women within Women’s Health magazine. There is limited scholarly literature on representations of aging women within popular health/fitness media, such as magazines. The limited current research which does exist suggests that aging women are subjected to negative stereotypes and gendered myths within our societal and cultural values with respect to aging (Vertinsky, 1994). Media representations are strong and pervasive reflections of societal norms and expectations and may impact the way women view themselves. I therefore undertook a Foucaultian discourse analysis of Women’s Health magazine to examine if/how gendered constructions of aging are functioning within representations of health directed to women of all ages. I found that Women’s Health reproduces aging women as useless, failures, problems to be managed, and other to normative femininity. Women’s Health reinforces that aging can and should be managed through the consumption of anti-aging products, procedures, and surgeries endorsed within the magazine.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/2610
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Kinesiology, c2011en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Kinesiologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectAgeismen_US
dc.subjectAging -- Social aspectsen_US
dc.subjectWomen in mass mediaen_US
dc.subjectMiddle-aged women -- Public opinionen_US
dc.subjectOlder women -- Public opinionen_US
dc.subjectMiddle-aged women -- Attitudesen_US
dc.subjectOlder women -- Attitudesen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titleUnder pressure : Women's Health and the social constructions of aging / Brittany Thompsonen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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