Through various media platforms, thin ideal is reproduced and considered as thenorm. Women who do not identify with this thin ideal are produced as "inferior" toother women. The aim of this study is to provide an understanding of how Swedishwomen between the ages of 30–40 construct and interpret the thin ideal. We haveinterviewed eight women who in one way or the other adhere to the “thin ideal”existing in Swedish society. To analyze our empirical material, we have mainly usedthe theories from Jenkins and Krekula. Jenkins´s theory has helped us to understandhow these women's identity-processes change in different social contexts. We haveused Kurakula’s theory to understand how age norms affect the ways the women areacting, in relation to their age. Our study shows that the women are effected by andcompare themselves to other women in Swedish society. To construct and interpretthe thin ideal they use different strategies which are to distance or themselves fromthe ideal or adapt themselves to the ideal. Yet, more important than that, our studyshows that women accept their bodies and consider being healthy more importantthan being thin.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-110351 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Hjert, Elin, Schöld, Hanna |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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