Am I thin enough yet? the cult of thinness and the commercialization of identity

Whether they are rich or poor, tall or short, liberal or conservative, most young American women have one thing in common--they want to be thin. And they are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get that way, even to the point of starving themselves. Why are America's women so preoccupied...

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Tác giả khác: Sharlene Hesse-Biber
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Được phát hành: New York Oxford University Press 1996
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300 |a ix, 191 p. 
300 |b ill. 
300 |c 25 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index 
520 |a Whether they are rich or poor, tall or short, liberal or conservative, most young American women have one thing in common--they want to be thin. And they are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get that way, even to the point of starving themselves. Why are America's women so preoccupied with weight? What has caused record numbers of young women--even before they reach their teenage years--to suffer from anorexia and bulimia? In Am I Thin Enough Yet?, Sharlene Hesse-Biber answers these questions and more, as she goes beyond traditional psychological explanations of eating disorders to level a powerful indictment against the social, political, and economic pressures women face in a weight-obsessed society 
650 |a Body image; Leanness; Eating disorders; Women 
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