Maeve Eberhardt
List of John Benjamins publications in which Maeve Eberhardt is involved.
Articles
2026 The figurative economic cycle of racial hierarchy: Media representations of post-Katrina New Orleans Language, Culture and Society 8:2, pp. 208–237 | Article
This article uses critical discourse analysis and theories of systemic racism to analyze media coverage of New Orleans at the ten-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Most media representations of recovery efforts in New Orleans exemplify the mechanics of the politics of American race, which… read more
2025 “I am a fat ass but I’m also a bad ass”: Reconciling fat and fabulous on the neoliberal screen Journal of Language and Pop Culture 1:2, pp. 153–176 | Article
In this article, I analyze language on the reality television show My Big Fat Fabulous Life, asking how the show reconciles a positive framing of the fat female body within makeover/intervention media. Using critical discourse analysis, I focus on the presence of external “enforcers”… read more