Obesity In The News: Language And Representation In The Press

How do newspapers use language to represent obesity, and how does this language potentially shame and stigmatise people with obesity? The first book-length linguistic analysis of the representation of obesity in the press, this work presents innovative methods and key theories for exploring how language shapes public attitudes.

• | By (Author): Gavin (Lancaster University) Brookes
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 25, 2021
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 292 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1108818978
• | ISBN-13: 9781108818971