Holy Anorexia - Brossura

Bell, Rudolph M.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0226042057 ISBN 13: 9780226042053

Casa editrice: University of Chicago Press, 1987

Riassunto

Is there a resemblance between the contemporary anorexic teenager counting every calorie in her single-minded pursuit of thinness, and an ascetic medieval saint examining her every desire? Rudolph M. Bell suggests that the answer is yes.

"Everyone interested in anorexia nervosa . . . should skim this book or study it. It will make you realize how dependent upon culture the definition of disease is. I will never look at an anorexic patient in the same way again."—Howard Spiro, M.D., Gastroenterology

"[This] book is a first-class social history and is well-documented both in its historical and scientific portions."—Vern L. Bullough, American Historical Review

"A significant contribution to revisionist history, which re-examines events in light of feminist thought. . . . Bell is particularly skillful in describing behavior within its time and culture, which would be bizarre by today's norms, without reducing it to the pathological."—Mary Lassance Parthun, Toronto Globe and Mail

"Bell is both enlightened and convincing. His book is impressively researched, easy to read, and utterly fascinating."—Sheila MacLeod, New Statesman

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Book by Bell Rudolph M

Su questa edizione

• Editore: University of Chicago Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0226042057
• ISBN 13: 9780226042053
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 276