A Discussion on English Language Students' Body Image: Beauty Standards and Fatness

Autor/inn/en	de Lima Bastos, Pedro Augusto; Pessoa, Rosane Rocha
Titel	A Discussion on English Language Students' Body Image: Beauty Standards and Fatness
Quelle	In: PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 21 (2019) 1, S.13-26 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1657-0790
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Human Body; Self Concept; Body Composition; Foreign Countries; Public Schools; Interpersonal Attraction; Physical Characteristics; Secondary School Students; Gender Differences; Student Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Obesity; Social Bias; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Menschlicher Körper; Selbstkonzept; Ausland; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Interpersonale Anziehung; Körperliche Erscheinung; Sekundarschüler; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schülerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Adipositas; Brasilien
Abstract	In this qualitative study, we intend to discuss how adolescent students in a Brazilian public school classroom define their body image and personalize the themes "beauty standards" and "fatness." Grounded on a critical approach to language teaching, these two social themes were problematized in eight lessons of "Ensino Médio" (secondary education). The discussion of the empirical material suggests that (1) body image is strongly connected to gendered relations, making life experiences of men and women different based on the bodies they have, and (2) beauty standard and fatness are strongly related to students' lives since twelve out of nineteen students personalized the themes by telling oppressive stories they went through because of their bodies. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01