ISBN:
0195082419
Language:
English
Pages:
IX, 191 S
,
Ill., graph Darst.
,
25 cm
DDC:
306.4
Keywords:
Body image
;
Leanness Psychological aspects
;
Eating disorders Social aspects
;
Women Psychology
;
Body image
;
Leanness Psychological aspects
;
Eating disorders Social aspects
;
Women Psychology
;
Women Health
;
Related to
;
Psychology
;
Schlankheit
;
Leitbild
;
Sucht
;
Körperbild
;
Frau
;
Psychologie
;
Essstörung
;
Frau
Description / Table of Contents:
A cult grows in America -- Men and women : mind and body -- There's no business like the body business : food, dieting, and recovery -- There's no business like the body business : fitness and cosmetic surgery -- Becoming a certain body -- Joining the cult of thinness -- From disorderly eating to eating disorder : the cultural context of anorexia and bulimia -- New recruits for the cult of thinness : young girls, men, and ethnic women -- Breaking free from the cult of thinness.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 165 - 182
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/95011812-b.html
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