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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Table of Contents:
- A cult grows in America
- Men and women : mind and body
- There's no business like the body business : food, dieting, and recovery
- There's no business like the body business : fitness and cosmetic surgery
- Becoming a certain body
- Joining the cult of thinness
- From disorderly eating to eating disorder : the cultural context of anorexia and bulimia
- New recruits for the cult of thinness : young girls, men, and ethnic women
- Breaking free from the cult of thinness.