Abject Relations: Everyday Worlds of Anorexia

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dc.contributor.authorWarin, M.
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractAbject 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, anorexia becomes a seductive and empowering practice that cleanses bodies of shame and guilt, becomes a friend and support, and allows them to forge new social relations. © 2010 by Rutgers University Press. All Rights Reserved.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMegan Warin
dc.description.urihttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35460052
dc.identifier.isbn0813546893
dc.identifier.isbn9780813546896
dc.identifier.orcidWarin, M. [0000-0001-8766-1087]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/63960
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRutgers University Press
dc.publisher.placeUSA
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStudies in Medical Anthropology
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2009 Megan Warinyright.(c)Rutgers University Press
dc.titleAbject Relations: Everyday Worlds of Anorexia
dc.typeBook
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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