1st Edition
Anorexic Bodies A Feminist and Sociological Perspective on Anorexia Nervosa
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the ways in which anorexic women use their eating to control their bodies. It argues that the female body in modern Western culture is understood as open and accessible and female appetite as dangerous and voracious. Anorexia attempts to resist both these constructions in the creation of a closed, desireless body. Since anorexic women resist the power of collective ideologies... Read more
Introduction 1. The discovery of the concept 2. The enigma variations: psychiatric explanations of anorexia 3. Women's oppression: feminist explanations of anorexia 4. Anorexic meanings 5. The sociology of the body 6. The feminine body 7. The anorexic sympton 8. Conclusion: the anorexic body Bibliography
Biography
Morag MacSween
'Convincing and highly accessible ... a significant addition to the existing literature.' - Journal of Gender Studies
