| Description |
146 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Inquiries in social construction |
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Inquiries in social construction.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Early Ideas About Self-starvation and Anorexia Nervosa. 1. From Religion to Madness: Religious and Medical Interpretations of Self-starvation. 2. The Late Nineteenth Century Medical Discovery of Anorexia Nervosa. 3. Early Social, Cultural and Feminist Theories of Anorexia Nervosa -- Pt. II. Health Care Workers' Constructions of Anorexia Nervosa. 4. Constructions of Gender and Identity in Anorexia Nervosa. 5. The Multiplicity and Diversity of Causes of Anorexia Nervosa. 6. Clinical Treatments for Anorexia Nervosa -- Pt. III. Postmodernism, the Body and Therapy: Implications for Practice. 7. Anorexia Nervosa, Postmodern Readings of the Body and Narrative Therapy. 8. Self, Psychology and Participation in the Public Domain |
| Summary |
"This book shows how anorexia nervosa must be considered in its social and cultural contexts in order to be understood and treated."--BOOK JACKET. "The author examines the historical context as well as the contemporary, ongoing debates about anorexia nervosa to demonstrate how current practices are continually influenced and modified by medicine, psychology, ideology and politics."--BOOK JACKET. "This book clearly and comprehensively illustrates the need to re-evaluate anorexia nervosa. By drawing on the insights of discourse theory, feminism and postmodernism, the author points the way to a new understanding of the condition and, by extension, of those who suffer from it."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-136) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Anorexia nervosa -- History.
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Anorexia nervosa -- Language.
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Anorexia nervosa -- Social aspects.
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Anorexia nervosa.
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Anorexia Nervosa -- psychology.
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Attitude of Health Personnel.
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Psychology, Social.
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Anorexia Nervosa.
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| LC no. |
99070883 |
| ISBN |
0761953086 |
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0761953094 |
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