10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRO-ANA»
Discover the use of
pro-ana in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pro-ana and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Inside Anorexia: The Experiences of Girls and their Families
Box 6.2 Pro-ana Websites Pro-ana (pro-anorexia) websites are internet sites set
up and used by people with anorexia who do not want to recover. Pro-ana sites
offer exercise and diet tips and online discussion forums where users can ask ...
Desiree Boughtwood, Christine Halse, Anne Honey, 2007
2
Ana's Girls: The Essential Guide to the Underground Eating ...
This groundbreaking book is the only honest, balanced and complete introduction to the frightening online eating disorder underground.
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Pro-
Ana' as Negotiating (dis)order in Cyberspace: How Women ...
Current literature on the topic of anorexia is dominated by the disciplines of psy, which has meant that the practice of self-starvation is viewed as originating from the pathological nature of the individual; divorcing the experience of ...
4
Dying to Please: Anorexia, Treatment and Recovery
anorexia is often an avowal of the pro-ana's goal: to help anorexics in their quest
for the “ideal” (emaciated) body. The sites acknowledge that anorexia is hard
work; but that is no news to any anorexic, who is more than willing to suffer and ...
5
Entering an Online Support Group on Eating Disorders: A ...
These aspects may be significant for those entering an online forum on eating
disorders. However, the resistance towards therapy or the medical system as a
whole has another important appearance in the field of eating disorders: Pro-ana
...
6
Growing Up Online: Young People and Digital Technologies, ...
Inside the Pro-Ana Site In clinical terminology, an eating disorder was originally
defined only as anorexia nervosa: self-starvation and excessive weight loss. This
term has been made into an acronym by pro-ana followers who use it as part of ...
Sandra Weber, Shanly Dixon, 2007
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Online Belongings: Fantasy, Affect and Web Communities
mainstream press generally assumes that pro-ana material is rendered more
dangerous precisely because of its location in cyberspace. Indeed, the article
from Time cited above, goes on to blame pro-ana exclusively for the increasing ...
8
Entertaining Fear: Rhetoric and the Political Economy of ...
The media flurry around "pro-ana" websites— websites that purportedly
encourage anorexia — is such an instance of monster-making. The first popular
media report of "pro-ana" websites appeared in the British newspaper The Mirror
in ...
Catherine Chaput, Mary Jean Braun, Danika Margo Brown, 2010
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Culture, Bodies and the Sociology of Health
Pro-Ana Websites: Anorexia is a Lifestyle Choice, not a Disease The dominant
perspective on anorexia is that it is an eating disorder and a psychiatric illness
marked by extremely low body weight, body image distortion, and an obsessive
fear ...
Professor Elizabeth Ettorre, 2012
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The Medicalization of Cyberspace
The reinscription of anorexia via Pro-Ana in some ways acts as a form of
narrative resistance to dichotomies around health/ill health (Ronai 1994). Rather
than constructing anorectics as irrational, seeking attention or abnormal, some
Pro-Ana ...
Andy Miah, Emma Rich, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRO-ANA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
pro-ana is used in the context of the following news items.
Talk to your children about body image – it's not worth dying for
The pro-ana forums and thinspiration Tumblrs telling you that you get used to the hunger, to take cold baths, that “nothing tastes as good as ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
TECH TOCK: Is Technology A Time Bomb Creeping Up On Us?
Not to mention the rise in cyber bullying, revenge porn and pro-ana websites. It has even been suggested that some of us now suffer from “tech ... «The Gay UK, Jul 15»
For Love of Pizza, How My Anorexia Revealed Itself
But despite what the Depths of Hell (also known as pro-ana thinspo blogs) might tell you, there isn't anything breathtaking or ethereal about ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
The Panic Over Pro-Anorexia Websites Isn't Healthy
The “pro-ana” alarm bells rang from Oprah to Boston Public to the New York Times. The National Eating Disorders Association said the blogs ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
Anorexic teen who wasn't THIN enough for NHS care nearly starved …
"That became my motivation to lose weight, and I began following 'thinspiration' blogs on social media and accessing pro-ana websites for tips ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
Paedophiles use pro-ana websites to target teen girls with eating …
Pro-ana and pro-mia are the terms used for people who consider eating disorders anorexia and bulimia as strict lifestyle choices rather than ... «Metro, Jun 15»
#Anorexic On Instagram: Secret Pro-Ana Social Media Pages …
There's a reason why the NSFW #anorexic hashtagged Instagram photos and videos come with a warning on Instagram. That's because a look ... «The Inquisitr, May 15»
France moves to ban underweight models, 'pro-ana' websites
France's government is likely pass a bill banning excessively thin fashion models as well as potentially fining the modeling agency or fashion ... «PBS NewsHour, Apr 15»
France takes aim at 'pro-Ana' websites with fine for those …
The two deputies that proposed the amendment, Maud Olivier and Catherine Coutelle, said that “certain sites known as 'pro-Ana' can push ... «Raw Story, Apr 15»
Pro-Ana Has Changed Shape
I feel that the presence of pro-ana on the internet is stronger than ever but it is twisting itself into different forms. In recent years the internet has ... «Huffington Post UK, Mar 15»
