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Show Detail: Women and Social Action, Class 10

ShowID

461

Event Date:

8/15/2006

Length:

00:58:35

Category:

GSU Telecourse

Producer

GSU

Project

Women and Social Action

Comments

Comments: Examines the impact of media and social institutions on a woman’s attitude toward her body. The Studio Class discusses aspects of diversity in the female body and our national obsession with thinness. Students discuss gender-related weight and food issues, how body perceptions influences sexuality and power, and how social action might help women win back control of their bodies. Interview: • Demetria Iazzetto, contributor to The New Our Bodies, Ourselves: Updated and Expanded for the 90’s

LocalID:

DVDWASA10

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