Body positive �healthy� women: Representations of health and femininities in women�s health magazine South Africa, 2013-2018
| dc.contributor.advisor | Clowes, Lindsay | |
| dc.contributor.author | Samaai, Shirmeez | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-06T07:57:13Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-02T07:52:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-06T07:57:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-02T07:52:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description | Magister Artium - MA | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This research explores how representations of healthy femininities are constructed through narratives of Body Positivity in the South African version of Women�s Health magazine from 2013 to 2018. In my thesis, I examine how the magazine romanticises certain bodies and subtly pathologises others. By conducting a thematic analysis, I focus on the magazine�s presentation of women�s bodies and how these representations are linked to femininities, health, and sexuality. From a Body Positive lens, I argue that the magazine represents certain bodies as normative and �healthy� and other bodies as unhealthy and undesirable. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/10249 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sexuality education | en_US |
| dc.subject | Public health | en_US |
| dc.subject | Women | en_US |
| dc.subject | Feminism | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
| dc.title | Body positive �healthy� women: Representations of health and femininities in women�s health magazine South Africa, 2013-2018 | en_US |