Understanding the Causes of Negative Body Image
I chose to read the book titled "Understanding the Causes of Negative Body Image" by Barbara Moe because I plan on focusing my research paper on how the media has strong control over women's development of self-esteem and body image. The message that the media is sending creates the context within which people learn to value size and shape of their body.
Moe's book focuses on how our culture is preoccupied with weight and appearance. She begins her book with the history of body image and how at different periods over centuries, fat and thin body types have both been considered "fashionable". From the late Middle Ages until the 1800s, the rounded figure of a women's body remained the prevailing image. The rounded figure was a sign of wealth, fertility, and prosperity. The thin "waif look" didn't enter our society until 1967 when Leslie Hornby, known as Twiggy, began showing up in the media.
Moe also discussed the emergence......
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