Thin Woman - Feminism, Post Structuralism Social Psychology of Anorexia Nervosa

The Classic Edition of The Thin Woman, first published in 1998, provides an in-depth discussion of anorexia nervosa from a critical feminist social psychological standpoint.

Sommario

Part I Towards a Feminist Post-Structuralist Perspective 1 Theorizing Women: Discoursing Gender, Subjectivity and Embodiment 2 Discourse, Feminism, Research and the Production of Truth Part II Instituting the Thin Woman: The Discursive Productions of 'Anorexia Nervosa' 3 A Genealogy of 'Anorexia Nervosa' 4 Discoursing Anorexias in the Late Twentieth Century Part III Women's Talk? Productions of the Anorexic Body in Popular Discourse 5 The Thin/Anorexic Body and the Discursive Production of Gender 6 Subjectivity, Embodiment and Gender in a Discourse of Cartesian Dualism 7 Anorexia and the Discursive Production of the Self 8 Discursive Self-Production and Self-Destruction

Info autore

Helen Malson is an Associate Professor in Social Psychology and a supervisor and tutor on the Graduate Diploma in Psychology Advanced program at Monash University, Australia. She is a former Consulting Editor of Feminism & Psychology, a Past Chair of the Psychology of Women and Equalities Section of the British Psychological Society and, until 2022 when she moved from the UK to Western Australia, a Co-Director of the Bristol Eating Disorders Health Integration Team.

Riassunto

The Classic Edition of The Thin Woman, first published in 1998, provides an in-depth discussion of anorexia nervosa from a critical feminist social psychological standpoint.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Helen Malson, Helen (Centre for Appearance Research Malson, Malson Helen
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032513355
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3251335-5
• Pagine: 246
• Serie: Psychology Press & Routledge Classic Editions
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia applicata; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Branche cliniche; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders, Eating disorders & therapy, Clinical psychology, Feminism & feminist theory, Eating disorders and therapy, Feminism and feminist theory