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"Diets Suck!" and Other Tales of Women's Bodies on the Web

"Diets Suck!" and Other Tales of Women's Bodies on the Web

Submitted by NT2 on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 16:13

Author(s):

Simoneau, Mathieu

"Diets Suck!" and Other Tales of Women's Bodies on the Web est un essai hypertextuel féministe qui questionne et analyse la présence féminine sur le web. Les hyperliens nous mènent vers les sites mentionnés.

"Diets Suck!" and Other Tales of Women's Bodies on the Web

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Year:

1999

Disponible sur Internet Archive

Infos

Hosting website:

Texas Tech University, Department of English

Hosting website URL:

http://www.english.ttu.edu/

Date of last consultation:

December 22, 2006

Coordonnées de l'artiste:
gerrard@humnet.ucla.edu http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/people/gerrard
Groupe de recherche:
Chaire de recherche du Canada en littérature contemporaine

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Interactivity:

Multiple Choice Navigation

Format:

Image, Text, Hypertext

Theme:

Thought, Activist Text

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Citation(s)

The World Wide Web's graphical display, which allows website owners to represent visual images of themselves online, has special resonance for female websters. Like all women raised in cultures that objectify female bodies and faces, they understand that a female image on their site will be seen in terms of its sexual appeal. Webwomen who reject oppressive images of women, especially those who identify themselves as feminist, recognize that in life and virtually, a woman's value is identified with her body, and thus they are especially sensitive to graphical representations of women. In this paper I will consider how these site owners depict women on websites they construct for a largely female audience. My conclusions are based on a study of over 200 women's websites designed by and for women; while the majority of these websites are owned by women from the U.S., the study included several dozen sites from countries throughout the world.

Biography

Gerrard, Lisa

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