Speaking in Hunger: Gender, Discourse, and Consumption in Clarissa

by Donnalee Frega

Draws on history, clinical studies, and literature to portray anorexia not as a private illness but as a learned and shared family language

Female hunger and eating habits have long been regarded as a form of discourse, a rich and complex metaphoric language of victimization, physicality, eroticism, and empowerment. Feminist scholars acknowledge that women's ability to manipulate food distribution and their bodies (often the only resources...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570032750
• ISBN13: 9781570032752
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"