Am I thin enough yet? : the cult of thinness and the commercialization of identity / Sharlene Hesse-Biber.

Whether they are rich or poor, tall or short, liberal or conservative, most young American women have one thing in common - they want to be thin. And they are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get that way, even to the point of starving themselves. Why are America's women so preoccupied...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Subjects:	Body image. Leanness > Psychological aspects. Eating disorders > Social aspects. Women > Psychology. Body Image. Body Weight. Feeding and Eating Disorders. Social Environment. Women > psychology.