The thin woman

Provides a discussion of anorexia nervosa from a feminist-social psychological standpoint. Based on original research using historical and contemporary literature on anorexia nervosa, and a series of interviews with women diagnosed as anorexic, this text offers insights into the problem.

First sentence: I have argued that if we are to understand the problem of 'anorexia' better we need to engage more thoroughly with its socio-cultural and gender-specific dimensions.

Year

1997

Language

English

Publisher

Routledge

Editions

1

Pages

224

ISBN

9780415163330

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