عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
LA126200
انگلیسی
Digital Waistlands:
[Article]
Pro-Ana Communities, Religion, and Embodiment
Emma Rifai
Leiden
Brill
Pro-ana is an online community that shares resources that support the progression and maintenance of eating disorders. It simultaneously offers participants anonymity and visibility in virtual space as well as the chance to develop social connections with other like-minded individuals who support, rather than censure, their "deviant" behaviors. This paper attends to the intersection of religion, embodiment, and digital culture in the pro-ana movement by exploring how anas embody religious values through their performances of pro-ana culture. We see this both in terms of the more obvious mobilizations of religious rhetorics common with some of the pro-ana community, as well as in more subtle manifestations of Protestant values embedded in key pro-ana commitments and behaviors. By analyzing the popular pro-ana site "MyPancakeAddiction," I explore how anas embody this digital culture through performances of a shared value system rooted in commitments to individualism, self-control, and mastery - themes often associated with Protestantism.
2020
207-227
Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture
9/2
2165-9214
body management
digital culture
eating disorders
online communities
pro-ana
Protestantism
Religion & Society
Religious Studies
Social Sciences
Sociology of Religion
weight loss
Emma Rifai
10.1163/21659214-BJA10018
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