Abject relations
Megan Warin · 2009
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From the publisher. Abject Relations presents an alternative approach to anorexia, long considered the epitome of a Western obsession with individualism, beauty, self-control, and autonomy. Through detailed ethnographic investigations, Megan Warin looks at the heart of what it means to live with anorexia on a daily basis. Participants describe difficulties with social relatedness, not being at home in their body, and feeling disgusting and worthless. For them, anorexia becomes a seductive and empowering practice that cleanses bodies of shame and guilt, becomes a friend and support, and allows them to forge new social relations.
Book details
- Year
- 2009
- Language
- English
- Series
- Studies in medical anthropology
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Editions
- 4
- Pages
- 229
- ISBN
- 9780813546896
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