Managing a marginalised identity in pro-anorexia and fat acceptance cybercommunities

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 950-967

  Smith, Naomi ^a   Wickes, Rebecca ^a   Underwood, Mair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

cybercommunities; deviance; fat acceptance; identity; identity management; pro anorexia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949519221     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1440783313486220     Document Type: Article

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