Anorexic Bodies - A Feminist and Sociological Perspective on Anorexia Nervosa

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Morag Macsween, Morag Macsween Macsween
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.2017
• EAN: 9781138418769
• ISBN: 978-1-138-41876-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders, Eating disorders & therapy, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Gender studies: women, Eating disorders and therapy, Gender studies: women and girls, Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Behaviorism