Family, Culture, and Self in the Development of Eating Disorders

by Susan Haworth-Hoeppner

Book Overview

This book takes a unique approach to the examination of the eating disorder, anorexia nervosa (and bulimia). White, middle-class, heterosexual women share their insights into the emergence of their illnesses through detailed interviews that consider perceptions of the role of family, the influence of cultural messages regarding thinness and beauty, the agency these women exert in the use of weight control to cope with life's stressors, the meaning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367874881
• ISBN13: 9780367874889
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"