women's pro-anorexia narratives in cyberspace
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2003
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Dias, Karen
- Thesaurus
- anorexia nervosa, internet, populaire cultuur, media, derde feministische golf, onderzoek
- Description
- Paper in which the author explores cyberspace as a place where women who are struggling with anorexia can find sanctuary from the surveillance and regulatory mechanisms of control in the public sphere. Dias also explores the narratives of women who create and visit pro-ana or pro-anorexia websites in order to listen to these women's experiences of anorexia and their underlying reasons for inhabiting these spaces. Dias also looks whether women's behaviour on these websites may be considered feminist without being overtly political or overtly feminist and sees this dilemma as a central tension in third wave feminism.