Feminist Perspectives on Eating Disorders

Edited by Patricia Fallon, Melanie A. Katzman, and Susan C. Wooley

Paperback
Paperback
October 1, 1996
ISBN 9781572301825
Price: $59.00
465 Pages
Size: 6" x 9"
Copyright Date: 1994
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This important work illuminates the relationship between the anguish of eating disorder sufferers and the problems of ordinary women. It covers a wide variety of issues from ways in which gender may predispose women to eating disorders to the widespread cultural concerns these problems symbolize. Chapters all share three basic elements: The psychology of women is reflected in the concepts and methods described; there is an explicit commitment to political and social equality for women; and therapy is reevaluated based on an understanding of the needs of women patients and the potentially differing contributions of male and female therapists.