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Author McLoughlin, Linda

Title A Critical Discourse Analysis of South Asian Women's Magazines : Undercover Beauty
Published London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (270 pages)
Series Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality
Palgrave studies in language, gender and sexuality.
Contents A Critical Discourse Analysis of South Asian Women's Magazines; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; 1 Introduction; Theoretical Approach; The British Magazines; Asiana and Asiana Wedding; Asian Woman; The Indian Magazines; Method; The Focus Group Method; The Participants; Chapters Summaries; References; 2 Orienting the Reader -- The Legacy of Colonialism and Cultural Imperialism; References; 3 The Aesthetics of Beauty -- Commodification; Summary; References; 4 For the Woman Who Wants the World -- Commodified Feminism; References; 5 East Meets West -- Cultural Hybridity; References
6 Men's Voices in Women's MagazinesReferences; 7 Readers' Responses: Multi-vocal Expressions of Identity; Analysis of the Data; The Lancashire Focus Group Discussions; Aesthetics of Beauty and the Concept of 'Whiteness'; Britishness and Relationship to the Homeland; Feminist Views/Empowerment; Concluding Comments; The Bangalore Data; Aesthetics of Beauty and the Concept of 'Whiteness'; Feminist Views/Empowerment; References; 8 Conclusion; References; Appendix; Further Readings; List of On-Line Sources; Index
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ISBN 9781137398789
1137398787