Essays about: "Pro-ana"

Found 2 essays containing the word Pro-ana.

  1. 1. Boy You Thinspire Me : The Website and Forum Boys With ED (Eating Disorders)

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Moa Ranung; [2012]
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    Abstract : The aim of this study has been to highlight the website and forum Boys With ED (Eating Disorders), to give us a deeper understanding of the structure, content and member activity as it is seen at the forum, and to show how these aspects interplay with each other. The report is divided into two parts. Part one is about Internet theory and practice. READ MORE

  3. 2. ‘I am an Anorexic’: Tensions in Discursive Relationships of Gender, Identity and Health Through a Case Study of a Pro-Anorexia Website

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Stephanie Flanagan; [2011]
    Keywords : Pro-ana; anorexia; late modernity; identity; critical discourse analysis; online communities; reappropriation; Technology and Engineering; Medicine and Health Sciences; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite the vast amount of research done around anorexia nervosa, anorexia as an identity, rather than only a disease, has barely been explored. Within Giddens' 'late modernity' concept, the growth of technology has caused individuals to use machines as mirrors to evaluate their image within society. READ MORE