Gynetic organisms
Pro-anorexic techno bodies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12928236 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geneva Connor (0009-0004-5049-8641, Massey University, corresponding author), Leigh Coombes (0000-0001-9242-5361, Massey University) |
| Editors | Valerie H Taylor (0000-0002-8948-638X) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 62-71 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-0980 • E-ISSN: 2042-8367 |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1108/eihsc-10-2013-0040 |
| OpenAlex | W2164649183 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse pro-anorexia from a discursive, metaphorical standpoint in order to enable an understanding of how pro-anorexia functions as political resistance through technological bodies. Design/methodology/approach – Techno-metaphor is used to reveal how pro-anorexic communities online function through technology. Findings – Six techno-metaphors work to construct pro-anorexic cyborg embodiment through technology. This pro-anorexic cyborg embodiment offers relief from the tensions of patriarchal femininity and provides control over troublesome embodiment. Technology enables women experiencing anorexia to resist the dominant interpretations of their lived experience that subjugate them. Originality/value – This research offers an understanding of pro-anorexia as resistance to intolerable femininity and reconstructed female bodies through technology. By exploiting technological political space, pro-anorexics are claiming positions and forms of embodiment previously off-limits to women and their biological bodies
Aesthetics · Anorexia · Art · Construct (python library · Femininity · Function (biology · Metaphor · Originality · Political science · Politics · Psychic · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |