Am I thin enough yet? : the cult of thinness and the commercialization of identity / Sharlene Hesse-Biber.
Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.Description: ix, 191 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0195082419 (acid-free paper)
- 0195117913 (pbk.)
- 306.4 20
Contents:
1. A Cult Grows in America -- 2. Men and Women: Mind and Body -- 3. There's No Business Like the Body Business: Food, Dieting, and Recovery -- 4. There's No Business Like the Body Business: Fitness and Cosmetic Surgery -- 5. Becoming a Certain Body -- 6. Joining the Cult of Thinness -- 7. From Disorderly Eating to Eating Disorder: The Cultural Context of Anorexia and Bulimia -- 8. New Recruits for the Cult of Thinness: Young Girls, Men, and Ethnic Women -- 9. Breaking Free from the Cult of Thinness.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Jessie Street National Women's Library | 306.4 HES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available for reference in the library | 61749 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index.
1. A Cult Grows in America -- 2. Men and Women: Mind and Body -- 3. There's No Business Like the Body Business: Food, Dieting, and Recovery -- 4. There's No Business Like the Body Business: Fitness and Cosmetic Surgery -- 5. Becoming a Certain Body -- 6. Joining the Cult of Thinness -- 7. From Disorderly Eating to Eating Disorder: The Cultural Context of Anorexia and Bulimia -- 8. New Recruits for the Cult of Thinness: Young Girls, Men, and Ethnic Women -- 9. Breaking Free from the Cult of Thinness.
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