According to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Related Disorders, the National Eating Disorders Association, and the National Institute of Mental Health, between five and ten million Americans suffer from eating disorders. The vast majority are female, although an…
The Thin Woman provides an in-depth discussion of anorexia nervosa from a feminist social psychological standpoint. Medicine, psychiatry and psychology have all presented us with particular ways of understanding eating disorders, yet the notion of 'anorexia' as a medical conditi…
Provides a discussion of anorexia nervosa from a feminist-social psychological standpoint. Based on original research using historical and contemporary literature on anorexia nervosa, and a series of interviews with women diagnosed as anorexic, this text offers insights into the…
Roman témoignage. Repérée à 17 ans dans la rue par un chasseur de mannequins, Victoire rêve d'une vie de star courtisée par les plus grands couturiers. Son ascension est fulgurante. En moins de 6 mois, elle fait plus de 22 défilés à New York, Milan, Paris et appartient au cercl…
"The first comprehensive resource on anorexia and women's sexuality in the world, this book presents a model for understanding sexuality as complex with interconnected factors, and how anorexia interacts with the varied components of one's sexuality. Challenging the limiting vie…
Charlie and Nick's relationship has been going really well, and Charlie thinks he's ready to say those three little words: I love you.Nick feels the same way, but he's got a lot on his mind -- especially the thought of coming out to his dad and the fact that Charlie might have a…
'I can tell you exactly the day it all went wrong - the day my mum attacked my dad with a kitchen knife. In those few, short seconds, a black hole opened up in my life and I fell right in.' Tina McGuff's life was perfect - or so she thought. Living in Dundee with her devoted par…
