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The Pursuit of Perfection: A Narrative Analysis of How Women's Magazines Cover Eating Disorders

Ronald Bishop
Pages 221-240 | Published online: 10 Nov 2010

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Katy Day & Tammy Keys. (2008) Starving in cyberspace: a discourse analysis of pro-eating-disorder websites. Journal of Gender Studies 17:1, pages 1-15.
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Kimberly D. Osborn. (2023) Competing for perfection: A scoping review evaluating relationships between competitiveness and eating disorders or disordered eating behaviours. European Eating Disorders Review 31:5, pages 549-576.
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Margaret Carlisle Duncan & Lori A. Klos. (2012) Paradoxes of the Flesh. Journal of Sport and Social Issues 38:3, pages 245-262.
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Michelle L. Elliot. (2012) Figured World of Eating Disorders: Occupations of Illness. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 79:1, pages 15-22.
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Tasha N. Dubriwny. (2008) Constructing Breast Cancer in the News. Journal of Communication Inquiry 33:2, pages 104-125.
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Ronald Bishop. (2016) A Philosophy of Exhibitionism: Exploring Media Coverage of Al Roker’s and Carnie Wilson’s Gastric Bypass Surgeries. Journal of Communication Inquiry 29:2, pages 119-140.
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Maree Burns. (2016) Eating Like an Ox: Femininity and Dualistic Constructions of Bulimia and Anorexia. Feminism & Psychology 14:2, pages 269-295.
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