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Self Empowerment & Body Image VIDEO Resources

For information on how to rent or view videos call the EDEO office at (780) 944-2864.

Beyond the Looking Glass: Self Esteem and Body Image
1copy VHS, Hourglass films, 1995 (28 minutes)

* Outlines stereotypes associated with body size
* Addresses family reactions to body size
* Media influences through advertising
* Outlines gender differences about self image
* Outlines how the body changes during puberty
* Explains what factors influence self esteem
* Personal stories of what young people think is important when it comes to body image

Killing Us Softly
1 copy VHS, Jean Kilbourne (35 minutes)

* Outlines how images of women are portrayed in advertisements
* Provides statistics on advertisements
* Draws attention to the purpose of advertisements
* Illustrates how pictures are manipulated in advertising

Self Empowerment & Body Image TEXT Resources

For information on how to borrow books call the EDEO office at (780) 944-2864.

Feel Good Naked:
10 No-Diet Secrets to a Fabulous Body

By Laure Redmond (2002).
Gloucester: Fair Winds Press
1-931412-67-7

Am I Thin Enough Yet? The Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity

Sharlene Hesse-Biber (1997). New York: Oxford University Press, Inc.
ISBN: 0-19-511791-3

An Experiment in Love

Hilary Mantel (1995). New York: Penguin Books
ISBN: 0-14-024375-5

The Beauty Myth

Naomi Wolf (1997). Toronto: Vintage Canada.
ISBN: 0-679-30870-9

Big Fat Lies

Glen A. Gaesser (1996). New York: Fawcett Columbine.
ISBN: 0-449-90941-7

Body Images: Development Deviance, and Change

Edited by Thomas F. Cash, and Thomas Pruzinsky (1990). New York: The Guilford Press.
ISBN: 0-89862-438-X

Compassion and Self-Hate: An Alternative to Despair

Theodore I Rubin (1998). New York: Touchstone Book.
ISBN: 0-684-84199-1

The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order

Edited by Marcelle Karp, and Debbie Stoller (1999). New York: Penguin Books.
ISBN: 0-14-027774-9

Fat and Furious: Women and Food Obsession

Judi Hollins (1994). New York: Ballantine Books.
ISBN: 0-345-39649-9

Full Lives: Women Who Have Freed Themselves from Food & Weight Obsession

Lindsey Hall (1993). Carlsbad: Gurze Books.
ISBN: 0-936077-26-3

It's Not About Food

Carol Emery Normandi, and Laurelee Roark (1998). New York: A Perigee Book.
ISBN: 0-399-52502-5

Live Large: ideas, affirmations & actions For sane living in a larger body

Cheri K. Erdman (1997). San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco.
ISBN: 0-06-251345-1

Minding The Body

Edited by Patricia Foster (1995). New York: Anchor Books.
ISBN: 0-385-47167-X

Nothing To Lose: A Guide to Sane Living in a Larger Body

Cheri K. Erdman (1996). San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco.
ISBN: 0-06-251254-4

The Passion Of Alice

Stephanie Grant (1995). New York: Bantam Books.
ISBN: 0-553-37861-9

Perfectionism: What's Bad About Being Too Good?

Miriam Adderholdt, and Jan Goldberg (1999). Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing inc.
ISBN: 1-57542-062-7

Promiscuities

Naomi Wolf (1998). Toronto: Vintage Canada.
ISBN: 0-679-30942-X

Succulent Wild Women: Dancing with Your Wonder-Full Self!

Sark (1997). New York: Simon Schuster.
ISBN: 0-684-83376-X

Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty

Nancy Etcoff (1999). New York: Anchor Books.
ISBN: 0-385-47942-5

What Do Women Want?

Lucie Eishenbaum, and Susie Orcbach (1983). Great Britain: Michael Joseph Ltd.
ISBN: 0-00-636497-7

When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair

Geneen Roth (1984). New York: Hyperion.
ISBN: 0-7868-8508-4

Women & Self-Esteem: Understanding and Improving the Way we think and Feel About Ourselves

Linda Tschirhart Sanford, and Mary Ellen Donovan (1984). New York: Penguin Books.
ISBN: 0-14-017451-6

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