Anorexic Bodies
A Feminist and Sociological Perspective on Anorexia Nervosa
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Patient Care, Health Care Delivery, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | Morag MacSween, Morag Macsween | ISBN: | 9781136103407 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | November 26, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Morag MacSween, Morag Macsween |
| ISBN: | 9781136103407 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | November 26, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This book explores the ways in which anorexic women use their eating to control their bodies. It argues that the female body in modern Western culture is understood as open and accessible and female appetite as dangerous and voracious. Anorexia attempts to resist both these constructions in the creation of a closed, desireless body. Since anorexic women resist the power of collective ideologies their resistance cannot work - the closed body becomes its own prison.
This book explores the ways in which anorexic women use their eating to control their bodies. It argues that the female body in modern Western culture is understood as open and accessible and female appetite as dangerous and voracious. Anorexia attempts to resist both these constructions in the creation of a closed, desireless body. Since anorexic women resist the power of collective ideologies their resistance cannot work - the closed body becomes its own prison.
