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| Type: | Thesis |
| Title: | Becoming and unbecoming: abject relations in anorexia / Megan Warin. |
| Other Titles: | Abject relations in anorexia |
| Author: | Warin, Megan Jane |
| Issue Date: | 2002 |
| School/Discipline: | Dept. of Anthropology and Social Inquiry |
| Abstract: | Concerned with a group of people's everyday experiences of anorexia. The fieldwork on which the thesis is based was conducted in multiple sites (Vancouver, Edinburgh, and Adelaide) over 15 months (August 1998-October 1999) and deals with 44 women and 3 men ranging in ages from 14-55. Primarily concerned with the processes that propelled them towards and away from this phenomenon: the desires, connections, disconnections, practice, contested performances and struggles of becoming and unbecoming 'anorexic'. |
| Dissertation Note: | Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Dept. of Anthropology and Social Inquiry, 2002 |
| Subject: | Anorexia nervosa Social aspects Case studies Anorexia nervosa Etiology. Eating disorders in women Eating disorders in men |
| Description: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves [287]-309). vii, 309 leaves : col. ill. ; 30 cm. |
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