Pro-anorexia: Extensions of ingrained concepts

Discourse and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 461-477

  Knapton, Olivia ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; cognitive linguistics; conceptual metaphor; critical discourse analysis; eating disorders; feminism; gender; mental health; online communities; pro anorexia; websites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879545453     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926513482067     Document Type: Article

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