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Routledge Family, Culture, and Self in Eating Disorders Book

Name: Routledge Family, Culture, and Self in Eating Disorders Book
Brand: Routledge
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Explore a unique sociological examination of anorexia nervosa and bulimia in this academic text from Routledge. This book provides deep insights into how eating disorders develop through the lived experiences of white, middle-class, heterosexual women. Through detailed interviews, the text explores how family roles and cultural messages about thinness and beauty shape these illnesses. Readers will gain an understanding of the agency women exert when using weight control to manage life stressors. The work examines the specific meanings individuals attach to their eating disorders and how these factors contribute to the continuation of the disease. Using a Symbolic Interactionist framework, this book offers a profound look at the social and personal dimensions of eating disorders, making it a significant resource for those studying sociology and medical anthropology.

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Provides detailed interviews with white, middle-class, heterosexual women to offer direct insights into the emergence of eating disorders.

Analyzes the role of family dynamics and the impact of cultural messages regarding beauty and thinness on illness development.

Examines how individuals use weight control as a way to exert agency and cope with various life stressors.

Uses a Symbolic Interactionist framework to study how the meanings attached to eating disorders can perpetuate the disease.

Offers a specialized sociological perspective on anorexia nervosa and bulimia within the Routledge Advances in Sociology series.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1138193291
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 22 August 2016
Listed Since: 03 September 2015

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