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Type: | Book |
Title: | Abject Relations: Everyday Worlds of Anorexia |
Author: | Warin, M. |
Publisher: | Rutgers University Press |
Publisher Place: | USA |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
Series/Report no.: | Studies in Medical Anthropology |
ISBN: | 0813546893 9780813546896 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Megan Warin |
Abstract: | 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 basis. Participants describe difficulties with social relatedness, not being at home in their body, and feeling disgusting and worthless. For them, anorexia becomes a seductive and empowering practice that cleanses bodies of shame and guilt, becomes a friend and support, and allows them to forge new social relations. © 2010 by Rutgers University Press. All Rights Reserved. |
Rights: | Copyright (c) 2009 Megan Warinyright.(c)Rutgers University Press |
Description (link): | http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35460052 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Gender Studies and Social Analysis publications |
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