Abject relations : everyday worlds of anorexia /

Abject relations : everyday worlds of anorexia /

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Author / Creator:Warin, Megan, author.
Imprint:New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 229 pages)
Language:English
Series:Studies in medical anthropology
Studies in medical anthropology.
Subject:
Anorexia nervosa.
Anorexia nervosa -- Patients -- Psychology.
Anorexia nervosa -- Social aspects.
Anorexia Nervosa -- psychology.
Anorexia nervosa.
Anorexia nervosa -- Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11147688
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ISBN:9780813548210
0813548217
9780813546896
0813546893
9780813546902
0813546907
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Warin, Megan. Abject relations. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010 9780813546896

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