Obesity in the News. Language and Representation in the Press, Paperback/Paul (Lancaster University) Baker

How do newspapers use language to represent obesity, and how does this language potentially shame and stigmatise people with obesity? The first book-length linguistic analysis of the representation of obesity in the press, this work presents innovative methods and key theories for exploring how language shapes public attitudes. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author(s): Paul (Lancaster University) Baker Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises Number of pages: 292 Publication date: 2021 Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 21 Cover type: Paperback / softback