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Journal of Popular Film and Television Volume 40, 2012 - Issue 1: Television as Text
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Undressing Homogeneity: Prescribing Femininity and the Transformation of Self-Esteem in How to Look Good Naked

Sara Rodrigues Social and Political Thought, York University in Toronto, Canada
Pages 42-51 | Published online: 16 Mar 2012
 
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Abstract

This article deconstructs the “diversity paradox” in the series How to Look Good Naked. Although it promotes body acceptance for all women, the series relies on ideologically constructed conventions of beauty that confound its agenda. Ultimately, the series attempts to rearticulate the trope of transformation by inciting candidates to self-govern.

Notes

1. In the fifth season, the show also featured a male candidate, but the episode is not available for viewing outside the United Kingdom.

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