Title Confessing excess : women and the politics of body reduction / Carole Spitzack

Published Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1990

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Description 1 online resource (x, 200 pages) Series SUNY series in gender and society SUNY series in gender and society. Contents Curative voices: anti-diets and experts -- the aesthetics of women's health: "watching yourself until you're sixty-five" -- speaking transgressions: "making a believer of me" -- family relationships: "mother criticizes, father compliments" -- women's friendships: "going down to the depths of you" -- romantic relationships: "getting him to see me" -- seeing the mythology of resolution: "i could write a book about this" -- political solutions: "wait a minute, this is crazy." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index Notes Print version record Subject Women -- Health and hygiene -- Social aspects Weight loss -- Social aspects Body image -- Social aspects Women -- Psychology. Conformity. Weight loss. Women -- Health and hygiene. Leanness -- Social aspects Body image in women. Body Image Social Conformity Weight Loss Women -- psychology Women's Health SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. Women -- Health and hygiene Weight loss Leanness -- Social aspects Conformity Body image in women Body image -- Social aspects Weight loss -- Social aspects Women -- Health and hygiene -- Social aspects Women -- Psychology Gesundheit Frau Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book ISBN 0585089981 9780585089980

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