Pro-anorexia: Extensions of ingrained concepts  

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Knapton, Olivia

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Discourse and Society (Full Text) vol. 24 no. 4 (Jul. 2013), page 461.
Topik: Adolescents; cognitive linguistics; conceptual metaphor; critical discourse analysis; eating disorders; feminism; gender; mental health; online communities; pro-anorexia; websites
Fulltext: Discourse Society-2013-Knapton-461-77.pdf (382.52KB)

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Pro-anorexia is an internet-based movement that hails eating disorders as a lifestyle choice. This article aims to reveal pro-anorexia members’ underlying conceptualisations of anorexia that contribute to the maintenance of the disorder. Cognitive linguistic analysis was undertaken on a corpus of data collected from systematically selected pro-anorexia websites. The findings show that the members structure their eating disorder experiences through two central conceptual metaphors: ANOREXIA IS A SKILL and ANOREXIA IS A RELIGION. It is argued that these structures represent an extension of, rather than a radical break from, the accepted conceptualisations of female beauty in Western society. This view challenges the legitimacy of public anger that has been directed towards the pro-anorexia movement and its members.

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