Dead weight : essays on hunger and harm
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Adult Nonfiction - South Wing Main Floor
616.8526 C588
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616.8526 C588
1 available
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Book
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 25 cm
Street Date
2402
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-275).
Description
Emmeline Clein tells the story of her own disordered eating alongside and through other women from history, pop culture and the girls she's known and loved. Tracing the medical and cultural history of anorexia, bulimia, and orthorexia, Clein investigates the economic conditions underpinning our eating disorder epidemic, and illuminates the ways racism and today's feminism have been complicit in propping up the thin ideal. While examining GOOP, Simone Weil, pro-anorexia blogs, and the flawed logic of our current methods of treatment, Clein also grapples with the myriad ways disordered eating has affected her own friendships and romantic relationships. She makes the case that we are faced with a culture of suppression and denial that is insidious, pervasive, and dangerous, one that internalizes and promotes the fetish of self-shrinking as a core tenet of the American cult of femininity.,Adapted from book jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Clein, E. (2024). Dead weight: essays on hunger and harm (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Clein, Emmeline. 2024. Dead Weight: Essays On Hunger and Harm. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Clein, Emmeline. Dead Weight: Essays On Hunger and Harm Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Clein, Emmeline. Dead Weight: Essays On Hunger and Harm First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
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