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A beautiful inquiry: stories in the reflections of beauty
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- Author / Creator
- Lemieux, Denise H
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This study explored the implicit messages in narrative fiction relating to the construction of female beauty ideas and ideals. Conversations with three young adult female participants focused on how our media-saturated culture perpetuates beauty myths specifically within fictional narratives and how these stories affect identification with the concept of beauty.
Through one selected counterstory, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, participants and researcher reflected on the potential for narrative fiction to question symbolic representations of culturally encoded beauty ideology.
Furthermore, the study highlighted the importance for young adults to develop active and critical reading competencies when encountering the implied messages in narrative fiction. -
- Graduation date
- Fall 2011
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- Type of Item
- Thesis
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- Degree
- Master of Education
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- License
- This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.