| Hunger Strike: The Anorectic's Struggle as a Metaphor for Our Age Contributor(s): Orbach, Susie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367324903 ISBN-13: 9780367324902 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - Eating Disorders - Medical | Mental Health - Psychology | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 616.852 |
| Physical Information: 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this classic text, originally published in 1986, Susie Orbach brilliantly examines the anorectic's struggle. Anorexia is a battle; a battle to be thin; a battle of wills, denial versus desire. It is also about control; by conquering feelings of hunger, the anorectic woman aspires to conquer her emotional feelings as well. For Orbach, the stru |
