“YOU LOOK LIKE A SKINNY WHITE GIRL”: BLACK CULTURAL EFFECTS ON THE BODY IMAGE OF THIN BLACK WOMEN

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dc.contributor.advisorYamasaki, Jill
dc.contributor.committeeMemberVardeman-Winter, Jennifer
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHutchinson, Janis F.
dc.creatorPace, Donielle
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-6632-9031
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-05T01:20:36Z
dc.date.available2016-09-05T01:20:36Z
dc.date.createdMay 2016
dc.date.issued2016-05
dc.date.updated2016-09-05T01:20:36Z
dc.description.abstractThis study focuses on the impact that the thick body image expected of black women, which is portrayed through the black media culture, has on thin black women and their connection within their black culture. The biocultural model theory was used to study the emotional influence the thick body image has on the thin black woman. Using the qualitative data analysis method, one-on-one interviews were conducted among 10 black women who self-perceived themselves as thin. According to the study, thin black women do suffer from an emotional disconnect and displacement from their black culture because they do not possess the thick body image expected of them.
dc.description.departmentCommunication, Jack J. Valenti School of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10657/1518
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectThick body image
dc.subjectSkinny
dc.subjectBlack media culture
dc.subjectBlack women
dc.title“YOU LOOK LIKE A SKINNY WHITE GIRL”: BLACK CULTURAL EFFECTS ON THE BODY IMAGE OF THIN BLACK WOMEN
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentCommunication, Jack J. Valenti School of
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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