| Description |
xix, 465 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Too "Close to the Bone": The Historical Context for Women's Obsession with Slenderness / Roberta P. Seid -- 2. . . . And Man Created "Woman": Representations of Women's Bodies in Western Culture / O. Wayne Wooley -- 3. "I'll Die for the Revolution but Don't Ask Me Not to Diet": Feminism and the Continuing Stigmatization of Obesity / Esther D. Rothblum -- 4. Faces of Female Discontent: Depression, Disordered Eating, and Changing Gender Roles / Deborah Perlick and Brett Silverstein -- 5. Hunger / Naomi Wolf -- 6. Four Generations of Women: Our Bodies and Lives / Bonita Brigman -- 7. When Reproductive and Productive Worlds Meet: Collision or Growth? / Melanie A. Katzman -- 8. Imagining Ourselves Whole: A Feminist Approach to Treating Body Image Disorders / Marcia Germaine Hutchinson -- 9. Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders: The Concealed Debate / Susan C. Wooley -- 10. Alternatives in Obesity Treatment: Focusing on Health for Fat Women / Debora Burgard and Pat Lyons -- 11. A Collaborative Approach to the Use of Medication / Nancy C. Raymond, James E. Mitchell, Patricia Fallon and Melanie A. Katzman -- 12. Feminist Inpatient Treatment for Eating Disorders: An Oxymoron? / Robin Sesan -- 13. Mothers, Daughters, and Eating Disorders: Honoring the Mother-Daughter Relationship / Judith Ruskay Rabinor -- 14. "Hi, I'm Jane: I'm a Compulsive Overeater" / Katherine van Wormer -- 15. Conflicts of Body and Image: Female Adolescents, Desire, and the No-Body Body / Deborah L. Tolman and Elizabeth Debold -- 16. The Female Therapist as Outlaw / Susan C. Wooley -- 17. The Journey of Recovery: Dimensions of Change / Linda Peters and Patricia Fallon -- 18. Food, Bodies, and Growing Up Female: Childhood Lessons about Culture, Race, and Class / Becky Thompson -- 19. The Politics of Prevention / Catherine Steiner-Adair -- 20. Still Killing Us Softly: Advertising and the Obsession with Thinness / Jean Kilbourne -- 21. Toward a New Model for the Prevention of Eating Disorders / Catherine M. Shisslak and Marjorie Crago -- 22. A Feminist Agenda for Psychological Research on Eating Disorders / Ruth H. Striegel-Moore |
| Summary |
Advancing the literature on a critical topic, this important new work illuminates the relationship between the anguish of eating disorder sufferers and the problems of ordinary women. The book covers a wide variety of issues - from ways in which gender may predispose women to eating disorders to the widespread cultural concerns these problems symbolize. Throughout, the psychology of women is reflected in the concepts and methods described; there is an explicit commitment to political and social equality for women; and therapy is reevaluated based on an understanding of the needs of women patients and the potentially differing contributions of male and female therapists. Providing valuable insights into the critical problem of eating disorders, this book is essential reading for clinicians and researchers alike. Also, by examining many of the ways in which women are affected by and respond to society's gender politics, the book may be used as a text in women's studies courses |
| Analysis |
Body image |
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Eating disorders Social aspects |
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Feminist criticism |
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Feminist therapy |
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Women Psychology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Body image.
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Eating disorders -- Social aspects.
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Feminist criticism.
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Feminist therapy.
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Women -- Psychology.
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Feeding and Eating Disorders -- therapy.
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Body Image.
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Social Conditions.
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Women -- psychology.
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Women's Rights.
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| Author |
Fallon, Patricia.
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Katzman, Melanie.
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Wooley, Susan.
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| LC no. |
93023951 |
| ISBN |
0898621801 (acid-free paper) |
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