Abject relations : everyday worlds of anorexia

Abject relations : everyday worlds of anorexia / Megan Warin.

Abject Relations presents an alternative approach to anorexia, long considered the epitome of a Western obsession with individualism, beauty, self-control, and autonomy. Through detailed ethnographic investigations, Megan Warin looks at the heart of what it means to live with anorexia on a daily bas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warin, Megan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.
Series:Studies in medical anthropology.
Subjects:
Anorexia nervosa.
Anorexia nervosa > Patients > Psychology.
Anorexia nervosa > Social aspects.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Nervous System (incl. Brain)
MEDICAL > General.
Anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa > Social aspects
Sociale relaties.
Lichaamsattitude.
Sekseverschillen.
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Table of Contents:
  • Steering a course between fields
  • Knowing through the body
  • The complexities of being anorexic
  • Abject relations with food
  • "Me and my disgusting body"
  • Be-coming clean
  • Reimagining anorexia.

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