Communicating feminine identity in Singapore : the culture encoding of beauty types in magazine advertising.
Using the context of advertising as a cultural and ideological form of communication, this study re-applies the beauty types identified in America by Solomon, Ashmore & Longo (1992) to the Singaporean context to discover what beauty ideals are prevalent in Singapore, how they affect the cultural...
Saved in:
Main Author: | Lee, Sher Lin. |
---|---|
Other Authors: | Frith, Katherine Toland |
Format: | Theses and Dissertations |
Published: |
2008
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1538 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Similar Items
-
Beauty culture in Singapore : the portrayal of women on the covers of women's and men's magazines in Singapore.
by: Poorany Rajaratnam.
Published: (2011) -
Women and sports : female dragonboaters negotiating their feminine identities.
by: Neo, WanXian.
Published: (2011) -
Discursive practice of beauty through skincare in women.
by: Lin, I-Ju.
Published: (2009) -
Beauty ideals among young adults in Singapore.
by: Tan, Hui Yu.
Published: (2010) -
Deconstructing women : reclaiming their identity and culture.
by: Lee, Eugenia Li Xuan.
Published: (2009)