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Hunger Strike

The Anorectic'S Struggle As A Metaphor For Our Age

by Susie Orbach
language: english
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, September of 2019 ‧
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In this classic text, originally published in 1986, The author 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.

Hunger Strike

The Anorectic'S Struggle As A Metaphor For Our Age

by Susie Orbach

Property Description
ISBN: 9780367324902
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Release Date: September of 2019
Language: English
Dimensions: 133 x 197 x 20 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Psychology
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780367324902

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Susie Orbach

Susie Orbach é professora convidada da London School of Economics e co-fundadora do Women’s Therapy Centre, em Londres, e do Women’s Therapy Centre Institute, em Nova Iorque. Escreveu, entre outros, FAT IS A FEMINIST ISSUE I e II, livros que revolucionaram o tratamento da compulsão alimentar nas mulheres, e O QUE QUEREM AS MULHERES?.
Tornou-se mundialmente conhecida por ter sido a psicóloga da princesa Diana de Gales.
Em 2004 elaborou, com Nancy Etcoff, da Universidade de Harvard, o relatório "A Verdade sobre a Beleza" que deu origem à CAMPANHA PELA BELEZA REAL, da Dove/Unilever.

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