This collection expands on Susie Orbach's claim that obsessive eating or non-eating behavior is an individual, albeit political, response to a complex set of social circumstances in which women find themselves. Theoretical pieces here bolster her views, exploring the neopuritanical replacement of sex by food, compulsive eating as anger, and symmetries between the bulimic and anorexic internalization of ego boundaries and strategies for control. Essays highlighting alternative therapies are full of case references and the ...
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This collection expands on Susie Orbach's claim that obsessive eating or non-eating behavior is an individual, albeit political, response to a complex set of social circumstances in which women find themselves. Theoretical pieces here bolster her views, exploring the neopuritanical replacement of sex by food, compulsive eating as anger, and symmetries between the bulimic and anorexic internalization of ego boundaries and strategies for control. Essays highlighting alternative therapies are full of case references and the compelling voices of sufferers.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 350grams, ISBN: 9780704340084.
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Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; 1st edition paperback with rubbed spine ends & corners, sticker rems on rear cover, 236 pp text is tight, bright and unmarked. A stimulating and positive collection of essays by woman who have had direct experience, personal or professional, of anorexia nervosa, bulimia and compulsive overeating. Analyzing the complex social forces which dominate women's lives and affect their relationship with their bodies, the authors insist that it is not the medical establishment which offers the chance for women to reclaim their bodies, but the unique insights offered by the women's liberation movement and by woman-centered therapy.
