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Hunger Strike : the Anorectic's Struggle as a Metaphor for our Age.
In this classic text, originally published in 1986, Susie Orbach brilliantly examines the anorectic's struggle. She sees women's eating problems as symbolizing the battle for autonomy, in which every woman is engaged, by identifying the first and most important arena of contention: a woman...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Karnac Books,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this classic text, originally published in 1986, Susie Orbach brilliantly examines the anorectic's struggle. She sees women's eating problems as symbolizing the battle for autonomy, in which every woman is engaged, by identifying the first and most important arena of contention: a woman's body. It is, at one level, a cry of protest, a hunger strike against the contradictory and intolerable demands women continue to face in contemporary society. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (227 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849404891 1849404895 1283126125 9781283126120 1855753774 9781855753778 |