Still sucked into the body image thing
The Impact of Anti-Aging and Health Discourses on Women's Gendered Identities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3639730 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claire Carter (0009-0008-0979-8211, University of Regina, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 200-214 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0958-9236 • E-ISSN: 1465-3869 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09589236.2014.927354 |
| OpenAlex | W2094454496 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 19 |
Health norms have changed over the past three decades, imposing more responsibility for health onto the individual. There are gendered implications of these changes which, when combined with increasing anti-aging pressures, have the potential to intensify the disciplinary relationship women have with their bodies. This paper, based upon interviews with 14 women, examines the impact of dominant health and anti-aging discourses on women's body practices, including exercise, makeup, clothing and diet, and ongoing construction of gendered subjectivity. Findings suggest that the women in this study are motivated to do particular body practices because of their concern with having a healthy and youthful 'looking' body. The women's stories reveal that anti-aging and health discourses function to reinforce normative bodily demands of femininity and consequently to intensify disciplinary control of their bodies. While the pressure to fight the appearance of aging is not new, the increasing association of aging with ill health, even illness, in conjunction with the promotion of health has implications for women's relationship with their bodies and sense of self
Discipline · Femininity · Health care · Health promotion · Normative · Political science · Sociology · Sociology of health and illness · Subjectivity · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender Studies · Obesity and Health Practices · Psychology · Social Psychology
Embodied Aging
When the clothes fit
The relationship between body image dissatisfaction and subjective well-being through the intervening roles of sense of control and social support in older adults
The sustainability of gender norms
Contested Cultural Heritage (Un)Be/Longings
Embodied tales of older women and their relationship with movement and their younger, present and future selves
The female aging body
De l’hostilité à la sécurité
Exploring the influence of social media 'Mumfluencers' on postpartum body image
La Feminidad en Cuestión? Enfrentamientos Físicos Entre Estudiantes De Escuelas Secundarias
I don't eat that much
The Menopause Taboo at Work
Unbearable Weight
Twilight Zones
The Mask of Ageing and the Postmodern Life Course
Discipline and Punish
Discipline and Punish
Judith Butler
Foucault, Femininity, and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power
Critical Bodies
Formations of Class and Gender
Bathing - the Body and Community Care
Gender Trouble
‘Falling in love with someone from your own sex is like going against Cyprus itself …’ – discourses towards heterosexual and female-to-female subjectivities at the University of Cyprus
Gender and the ‘New Paradigm’ of Health
(Un)Changing Menopausal Bodies
Older women's perceptions of ideal body weights
Health as a meaningful social practice
| Citations per year | 1.71 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |