1st Edition
Family, Culture, and Self in the Development of Eating Disorders
By Susan Haworth-Hoeppner
Copyright 2017
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
206 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book takes a unique approach to the examination of the eating disorder, anorexia nervosa (and bulimia). White, middle-class, heterosexual women share their insights into the emergence of their illnesses through detailed interviews that consider perceptions of the role of family, the influence of cultural messages regarding thinness and beauty, the agency these women exert in the use of... Read more
Introduction
1. The Cultural Milieu of Physical Attractiveness
2. Anorexia (and Bulimia): What the Research Reveals
3. Theorizing Anorexia (and Bulimia)
4. Anorexic (and Bulimic) Families: Perfect and Overprotective
5. Anorexic (and Bulimic) Families: Chaotic and Other Familial Dynamics
6. Anorexia (Bulimia) and the Individual
7. Eating Disorders: A Sociological Conclusion
8. Appendix I
Biography
Susan Haworth-Hoeppner is Professor and Chair of Sociology at Aquinas College, USA.
