Abject Relations: Everyday Worlds of Anorexia

(Part of the Studies in Medical Anthropology Series)

by Megan Warin and Professor Megan Warin

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Abject Relations presents an alternative approach to anorexia, long considered the epitome of a Western obsession with individualism, beauty, self-control, and autonomy. Through detailed ethnographic investigations, Megan Warin looks at the heart of what it means to live with anorexia on a daily basis. Participants describe difficulties with social relatedness, not being at home in their body, and feeling disgusting and worthless. For them,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0813546893

ISBN13:9780813546896

Release Date:October 2009

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:1.11 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Psychology Social Science Social Sciences

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