Beauty Magazines’ Discourse in the Dystopian World of Louise O’Neill’s Only Ever Yours

Beauty Magazines’ Discourse in the Dystopian World of Louise O’Neill’s Only Ever Yours

This article aims to question media and advertising discourses, exemplified by an issue of Cosmopolitan, from a critical discourse analysis perspective and in a multidisciplinary and interdiscursive manner. Irish novelist Louise O’Neill provides a poignant critique of familiar schemes and patterns t...

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Main Author: Ekaterina Muraveva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Española de Estudios Irlandeses 2018-10-01
Series:Estudios Irlandeses
Subjects:
Media Discourse
Advertising Discourse
Beauty Magazine Discourse
Critical Discourse Analysis
Dystopia
Feminism
Online Access:https://www.estudiosirlandeses.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DEF.-MURAVEVA.pdf
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Beauty Magazines’ Discourse in the Dystopian World of Louise O’Neill’s Only Ever Yours
Estudios Irlandeses
Media Discourse
Advertising Discourse
Beauty Magazine Discourse
Critical Discourse Analysis
Dystopia
Feminism
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title Beauty Magazines’ Discourse in the Dystopian World of Louise O’Neill’s Only Ever Yours
title_short Beauty Magazines’ Discourse in the Dystopian World of Louise O’Neill’s Only Ever Yours
title_full Beauty Magazines’ Discourse in the Dystopian World of Louise O’Neill’s Only Ever Yours
title_fullStr Beauty Magazines’ Discourse in the Dystopian World of Louise O’Neill’s Only Ever Yours
title_full_unstemmed Beauty Magazines’ Discourse in the Dystopian World of Louise O’Neill’s Only Ever Yours
title_sort beauty magazines’ discourse in the dystopian world of louise o’neill’s only ever yours
publisher Asociación Española de Estudios Irlandeses
series Estudios Irlandeses
issn 1699-311X
1699-311X
publishDate 2018-10-01
description This article aims to question media and advertising discourses, exemplified by an issue of Cosmopolitan, from a critical discourse analysis perspective and in a multidisciplinary and interdiscursive manner. Irish novelist Louise O’Neill provides a poignant critique of familiar schemes and patterns through the dystopian setting of her thought-provoking novel Only Ever Yours (2014). She is interested in problematic issues of female identity, various stereotypes related to beauty myths, objectification, female body, commodification, ageism, and other forms of discrimination. The study of her dystopian world cannot be complete without tracing some sociocultural particulars so that the reader can identify the targets deeply rooted in our culture’s popular tropes.
topic Media Discourse
Advertising Discourse
Beauty Magazine Discourse
Critical Discourse Analysis
Dystopia
Feminism
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