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Stapleton, Karyn, Catrin S. Rhys and Sarah L. Evans. 2019. Ana as god: Religion, interdiscursivity and identity on pro-ana websites. Discourse & Communication 13 (3) : 320–341.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications

Annotation

Pro-anorexia (pro-ana) is an Internet-based movement that gives advice and support for the development/preservation of an eating disorder (ED). This paper uses the concept of interdiscursivity to explore the construction of Ana as god(dess).