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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
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Table of Contents:
  • A cult grows in America
  • Men and women
  • Food, dieting, and recovery
  • 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.