The ‘good mother’ discourse in ‘success stories’ of Australian weight loss centres: a critical discourses analysis

IF 8 2区 医学 Q1 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health Pub Date : 2021-10-20 DOI:10.1080/2159676X.2021.1989711
Brittany Johnson, Kate Russell, L. Peralta
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ABSTRACT The ‘good mother’ discourse is concerned with the sociocultural construction of motherhood and is visible in many social contexts, such as the workplace, sport, family, and in particular, health-related contexts such as weight loss. This paper explores the ‘good mother’ discourse within constructs of weight created in and through engagement in Australian weight loss centres. Of the 108 success stories collected, Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) was applied to eighty-six (n = 86) success stories across three Australian weight loss centres (Weight Watchers, Lite n’ Easy, and Michelle Bridges’ 12 Week Body Transformation). These success stories were published on each of their weight loss centres’ websites and were accessed on Thursday 20 August 2015 for the purpose of analysis. Findings show that there was a dynamic and complex relationship between women losing weight and wanting to maintain the ‘good mother’ status. Mothers felt a strong need to justify losing weight, through benefits for their family rather than for themselves, and were ‘allowed’ (and therefore given ‘permission’) to join and participate in the weight loss centres. The process supporting the development of becoming a ‘better’ mother. Insight into these processes helps us to examine the role weight loss centres play in constructing ideals surrounding gender, motherhood, the body, and in particular for the discursive messages that shape understandings of ‘success’ and being a ‘good mother’.
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澳大利亚减肥中心“成功故事”中的“好母亲”话语:批判性话语分析
摘要“好母亲”话语涉及母亲的社会文化建构,在许多社会环境中都可以看到,如工作场所、体育、家庭,尤其是与健康相关的环境,如减肥。本文探讨了在澳大利亚减肥中心创建并通过参与创建的体重结构中的“好妈妈”话语。在收集的108个成功案例中,批判性话语分析(CDA)应用于澳大利亚三个减肥中心(weight Watchers、Lite n'Easy和Michelle Bridges的12周身体改造)的86个成功案例。这些成功案例发表在各自减肥中心的网站上,并于2015年8月20日(星期四)访问,以进行分析。研究结果表明,女性减肥和想要保持“好妈妈”的地位之间存在着动态而复杂的关系。母亲们强烈认为有必要通过为家庭而不是为自己提供福利来证明减肥是正当的,她们被“允许”(因此也被“许可”)加入和参加减肥中心。支持成为“更好”母亲的过程。深入了解这些过程有助于我们审视减肥中心在构建围绕性别、母亲身份、身体的理想方面所扮演的角色,尤其是塑造对“成功”和成为“好母亲”理解的话语信息。
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