Starving For Salvation : the Spiritual Dimensions of Eating Problems among American Girls and Women
Lelwica puts forward a hypothesis about eating disorders that has both theoretical and clinical implications, identifying them as specifically religious problems symbolizing a yearning for spiritual fulfilment that can be addressed with religious resources
1 online resource (220 pages)
9780195351934, 9781280472015, 9786610472017, 0195351932, 1280472014, 6610472017
466427894
Contents; Introduction; ONE: BODIES OF EVIDENCE, BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE: Contemporary Approaches, Historical Perspectives, New Directions; TWO: THE GOOD, THE TRUE, AND THE BEAUTIFUL FEMALE BODY: Popular Icons of Womanhood and the Salvation Myth of Female Slendemess; THREE: LOSING THEIR WAY TO SALVATION: Popular Rituals of Womanhood and the Saving Promises of Culture Lite; FOUR: UNIVERSES OF MEANING, WORLDS OF PAIN: The Struggles of Anorexic and Bulimic Girls and Women; FIVE: A DIFFERENT KIND OF SALVATION: Cultivating Alternative Senses, Practices, and Visions; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S
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