‘Newspapers, magazines and television are replete with features on body image and how to keep the body looking beautiful’ and ‘growing numbers of people are deliberating about the health, shape, ‘purity’ or appearance of their own bodies’
1. Analysis and explain the statement (‘Newspapers, magazines and television are replete with features on body image and how to keep the body looking beautiful’ and ‘growing numbers of people are deliberating about the health, shape, ‘purity’ or appearance of their own bodies’ (Chris Shilling). in the introduction. Understand and discuss the terms ‘body image’, ‘body looking’ ‘shape’, ‘purity’.
2. Using the example of Victoria Secret campaign ‘The perfect body’ and critically analysis the example. Describe what is a perfect body. Using the literature review (the literature review such as the commercial book or article wrote by the feminist) to analysis the terms ‘slim’
3. Critically discuss and analysis ‘the perfect body’ as a contrast to ‘the natural body&body diversity’ , by using the examples of Victoria Secret campaign ‘The perfect body’ and Figleaves campaign.
4. Analysis the terms in the essay : ‘body postivetivity’ (such as political movement aspect)、‘body image’(1. it is not natural to be size 0. 2. Somatic society and consumption (capitalism & patriarchy)、 ’ 、 ‘the natural’.
