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

A cult grows in America -- Men and women : mind and body -- There's no business like the body business : food, dieting, and recovery -- There's no business like the body business : fitness and cosmetic surgery -- Becoming a certain body -- Joining the cult of thinness -- From disorderly ea...

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1. Verfasser: Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, Oxford Oxford University Press 1996
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Zusammenfassung:A cult grows in America -- Men and women : mind and body -- There's no business like the body business : food, dieting, and recovery -- There's no business like the body business : fitness and cosmetic surgery -- Becoming a certain body -- Joining the cult of thinness -- From disorderly eating to eating disorder : the cultural context of anorexia and bulimia -- New recruits for the cult of thinness : young girls, men, and ethnic women -- Breaking free from the cult of thinness.
Beschreibung:Literaturverz. S. 165 - 182
Beschreibung:IX, 191 S
Ill., graph Darst.
25 cm
ISBN:0195082419
0-19-508241-9