The thin woman : feminism, post-structuralism and the social psychology of anorexia nervosa /
Malson, Helen, 1965-
The thin woman : feminism, post-structuralism and the social psychology of anorexia nervosa / Helen Malson. - London : Routledge, 1998. - xv, 234p. ; 24 cm. - Women and psychology .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-224) and index.
In The Thin Woman, Helen Malson aims to place gender in a position of central importance in the discussions surrounding anorexia. She argues that anorexia is not just a medical issue, & should be viewed within a wider social & political context. The Thin Woman provides an in-depth discussion of anorexia nervosa from a feminist social psychological standpoint. Medicine, psychiatry and psychology have all presented us with particular ways of understanding eating disorders, yet the notion of 'anorexia' as a medical condition limits our understanding of anorexia and the extent to which we can explore it as a socially, discursively produced problem.Based on original research using historical and contemporary literature on anorexia nervosa, and a series of interviews with women diagnosed as anorexic, The Thin Woman offers new insights into the problem. It will prove useful both to those with an interest in eating disorders and gender, and to those interested in the new developments in feminist post-structuralist theory and discourse analytic research in psychology.
9780415163330 (pbk.) : 12.99 9780415163323 (hbk.) : 40.00
Anorexia nervosa.
Women--Health and hygiene--Sociological aspects.
Health and Wellbeing.
Psychology
Psychological theory & schools of thought
Psychology of gender
Gender studies, gender groups
Clinical psychology
Sociology
Eating disorders & therapy
Social, group or collective psychology
Health psychology
Psychotherapy
Feminism & feminist theory
Psychology: sexual behaviour
Anorexia Nervosa--history
Anorexia Nervosa--psychology
Body Image
Feminism
Sociology, Medical
Women's Health
616.852620082
WM 175 / M259t 1998
The thin woman : feminism, post-structuralism and the social psychology of anorexia nervosa / Helen Malson. - London : Routledge, 1998. - xv, 234p. ; 24 cm. - Women and psychology .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-224) and index.
In The Thin Woman, Helen Malson aims to place gender in a position of central importance in the discussions surrounding anorexia. She argues that anorexia is not just a medical issue, & should be viewed within a wider social & political context. The Thin Woman provides an in-depth discussion of anorexia nervosa from a feminist social psychological standpoint. Medicine, psychiatry and psychology have all presented us with particular ways of understanding eating disorders, yet the notion of 'anorexia' as a medical condition limits our understanding of anorexia and the extent to which we can explore it as a socially, discursively produced problem.Based on original research using historical and contemporary literature on anorexia nervosa, and a series of interviews with women diagnosed as anorexic, The Thin Woman offers new insights into the problem. It will prove useful both to those with an interest in eating disorders and gender, and to those interested in the new developments in feminist post-structuralist theory and discourse analytic research in psychology.
9780415163330 (pbk.) : 12.99 9780415163323 (hbk.) : 40.00
Anorexia nervosa.
Women--Health and hygiene--Sociological aspects.
Health and Wellbeing.
Psychology
Psychological theory & schools of thought
Psychology of gender
Gender studies, gender groups
Clinical psychology
Sociology
Eating disorders & therapy
Social, group or collective psychology
Health psychology
Psychotherapy
Feminism & feminist theory
Psychology: sexual behaviour
Anorexia Nervosa--history
Anorexia Nervosa--psychology
Body Image
Feminism
Sociology, Medical
Women's Health
616.852620082
WM 175 / M259t 1998