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Killing us softly 4 : advertising's image of women

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Summary: "In this new, highly anticipated update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series, the first in more than a decade, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and d...

"In this new, highly anticipated update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series, the first in more than a decade, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity. The film marshals a range of new print and television advertisements to lay bare a stunning pattern of damaging gender stereotypes -- images and messages that too often reinforce unrealistic, and unhealthy, perceptions of beauty, perfection, and sexuality. By bringing Kilbourne's groundbreaking analysis up to date, Killing Us Softly 4 stands to challenge a new generation of students to take advertising seriously, and to think critically about popular culture and its relationship to sexism, eating disorders, and gender violence."-- container.

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Creator: Media Education Foundation ; directed by Sut Jhally
Format: Videos, Slides, Films
Language: English
Contributors: Jhally, Sut, director

Kilbourne, Jean

Media Education Foundation
Publication: Standard format

Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2010]

©2010
Physical Details: 1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBNs: 1932869441, 9781932869446
OCLC: ocn606852641, ocn643346033
Credits: With Jean Kilbourne

Editor, Sut Jhally and Andrew Killoy

Sequel to Killing us softly (c1979), Still killing us softly (c1987) and Killing us softly 3 (2000).
DVD, NTSC.
In English, with optional English subtitles.

Introduction -- Ads Everywhere -- A Constructed Beauty -- Objectification -- Judged by Looks Alone -- Thinness -- Dieting -- Eating & Morality -- Global Impact -- Infantilization & Powerlessness -- Advertising & Sex -- Experienced Virgins -- Consumerism & Sexualizing Products -- Masculinity -- Violence -- What to do?